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As classified in WFO snapshot

May 2019

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genus

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 bahamensis Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 415 1909 wfo-0000594672
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 collinsii Britton & Rose Cact. 4: 269 1923 wfo-0000594687
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 gaumeri Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 47 1920 wfo-0000594704
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 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 palmeri Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 418 1909 wfo-0000594742
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 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 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 tweedyanus Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 54 1920 wfo-0000594783