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:

Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg. 

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  Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg.  as basionym:

Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose

Projects: Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , VPA

Common Names:

• cabeza de viejo (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Cardón (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• órgano (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Órgano (Spanish, Mexico, Chiapas)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• tuno (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Keywords: VPA, JCS