Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym (New Combination) Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Byles, Ronald Stewart
Rowley, Gordon Douglas

Published In: Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 19(3): 67. 1957. (Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit.)

Basionym:

Cactus polygonus Lam. 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  Pilosocereus Byles & G.D. Rowley

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names with  Cactus polygonus Lam.  as basionym:

Cephalocereus polygonus (Lam.) Britton & Rose

Cereus polygonus (Lam.) DC.

Pilocereus polygonus (Lam.) K. Schum.

Projects: VPA

Keywords: VPA, G