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June 2024

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Cephalocereus macrocephalus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.

This species name was first published in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 197. 1897–1899.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000594723.

Synonyms of Cephalocereus macrocephalus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mitrocereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 2244. 1960. wfo-0000375329
Pilocereus ruficeps F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 11(6): 509. 1905. wfo-0000397703
Pachycereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 75. 1920. wfo-0000398331
Carnegiea macrocephala (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath in Calyx 2(3): 109. 1992. wfo-0000588151
Cereus macrocephalus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 62. 1905. wfo-0000597322
Cereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss.) Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 27, 83. 1913. wfo-0000597628
Neobuxbaumia macrocephala (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) E.Y.Dawson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24: 173. 1952. wfo-0001289049
Pilocereus macrocephalus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) F.A.C.Weber in: Bois, D.G.J.M., Dict. Hort.: 966. 1898. wfo-0001289448