Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: Pilosocereus moritzianus

Name

Synonyms

  • Cephalocereus backebergii (Weing.) Borg; Cacti, ed. 2, 149 (1951)
  • Cephalocereus backebergii (Weing.) Buxb.; Bot. Stud., Heft 12 (Entwickl. Trib. Pachycereae) 101 (1961), comb. superfl.
  • Cephalocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Borg; Cacti, ed. 2, 149 (1951)
  • Cephalocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae, 2: 41 (1920)
  • Cereus backebergii Weing.; Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakt.-Ges. 2: 167 (1930)
  • Cereus claroviridis Backeb.; Neue Kakteen, 69 (1931), Backeb. in Fedde, Repert. 30: 60 (1932)
  • Cereus moritzianus Otto ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 84 (1837)
  • Pilosocereus backebergii (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
  • Pilosocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
  • Pilosocereus lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi; Cactology 2: 12 (2010)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia (Atlantico, Boyaca, La Guajira); Trinidad; Tobago; Venezuela (Caracas, Carabobo, Vargas, Patos Isl.)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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