- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
Cephalocereus Pfeiff.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Mexico.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Accepted Species
- Cephalocereus apicicephalium E.Y.Dawson
- Cephalocereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum.
- Cephalocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Britton & Rose
- Cephalocereus fulviceps (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) H.E.Moore
- Cephalocereus macrocephalus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Cephalocereus mezcalaensis Bravo
- Cephalocereus nudus E.Y.Dawson
- Cephalocereus polylophus (DC.) Britton & Rose
- Cephalocereus sanchezmejoradae (A.B.Lau) H.J.Tapia & S.Arias
- Cephalocereus scoparius (Poselg.) Britton & Rose
- Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff.
- Cephalocereus tetetzo (F.A.C.Weber ex J.M.Coult.) Diguet
Synonyms
Other Data
Cephalocereus Pfeiff. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 142 (1838)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Sources
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0