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Cephalocereus Pfeiff.

This genus name was first published in in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 142. 1838.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000007246.

Synonyms of Cephalocereus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Haseltonia Backeb. Sukkulentenkunde 1: 3. 1949. — wfo-4000017002
Neodawsonia Backeb. Sukkulentenkunde 1: 4. 1949. — wfo-4000025665

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cephalocereus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus alensis (A.Weber) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 415 1909 wfo-0000594664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus arrabidae (Lem.) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 42 1920 wfo-0000594666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus arrabidae var. tilophorus (Pfeiff.) Borg Cacti 106 1937 wfo-0000594667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus bahamensis Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 415 1909 wfo-0000594672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus bakeri Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 415 1909 wfo-0000594673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus brasiliensis Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 57 1920 wfo-0000594677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus californicus (Torr. & A.Gray) K.Schum. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 182 1894 wfo-0000594680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus catingicola (Gürke) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 56 1920 wfo-0000594681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus collinsii Britton & Rose Cact. 4: 269 1923 wfo-0000594687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416 1909 wfo-0000594691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus dautwitzii (Seitz) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 373 1894 wfo-0000594693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus deeringii Small J. New York Bot. Gard 18: 201 1917 wfo-0000594694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus dybowskii (Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 30 1920 wfo-0000594696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 33 1920 wfo-0000594697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus exerens (K.Schum.) L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 715 1914 wfo-0000594698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus fouachianus Quehl Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 39 39 1910 — wfo-0001288121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus gaumeri Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 47 1920 wfo-0000594704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Borg Cacti 108 1937 wfo-0000594705
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Borg Cacti 108 1937 wfo-0000594706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus guerreronis (Backeb.) Buxb. Bot. Stud. 12: 101 1961 wfo-0000594709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus hapalacanthus (Werderm.) Borg Cacti 107 1937 wfo-0000594710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus hermentianus (Monv. ex Lem.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416 1909 wfo-0000594711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus johansenii Frič Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 31 31 1924 — wfo-0001289046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus keyensis Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416 1909 wfo-0000594715
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417 1909 wfo-0000594718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus leucostele (Gürke) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 36 1920 wfo-0000594719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus luetzelburgii (Vaupel) Borg Cacti 111 1937 wfo-0000594720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus macrocephalus A.Weber ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 197 1897 wfo-0000594723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus maguirei Gilly Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 292 292 1949 wfo-0001289050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus maxonii Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417 1909 wfo-0000594724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus mezcalaensis Bravo Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 3: 378 1932 wfo-0000594727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus mezcalaensis var. multiareolatus E.Y.Dawson Allan Hancock Found. Publ. Occas. Pap. 1: 9 1948 wfo-0000594728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Borg Cacti 111 1937 wfo-0000594741
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus palmeri Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 418 1909 wfo-0000594742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Krainz Kat. Stadt. Sukk. Sammlg. (Zürich) 2: 41 1967 — wfo-0000738588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus pasacana Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenr. 3(6a): 182 182 1894 — wfo-0001288124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 31 1920 wfo-0000594746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 49 1920 wfo-0000594749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus polygonus (DC.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 418 1909 wfo-0000594751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus polylophus (DC.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419 1909 wfo-0000594752
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus purpureus Gürke Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86 1908 wfo-0000594754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus purpusii Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 56 1920 wfo-0000594755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus quadricentralis E.Y.Dawson Allan Hancock Found. Publ. Occas. Pap. 1: 14 1948 wfo-0000594756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus robinii (Lem.) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 39 1920 wfo-0000594759
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus robinii var. keyensis (Britton & Rose) L.D.Benson Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: ??? 1969 — wfo-0000738589
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus rupicola (Werderm.) Borg Cacti 111 1937 wfo-0000594763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus salvadorensis (Werderm.) Borg Cacti 107 1937 wfo-0000594766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus sartorianus Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419 1909 wfo-0000594767
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus schlumbergeri (Weber ex K.Schum.) Urb. Symb. Antill. 8: 464 1920 wfo-0000594768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus scoparius (Poselg.) Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419 1909 wfo-0000594769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus sergipensis (Werderm.) Borg Cacti 108 1937 wfo-0000594773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Borg Cacti ed. 2: 150 1951 wfo-0000594779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cephalocereus tweedyanus Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 54 1920 wfo-0000594783