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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pilosocereus
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Pilosocereus
Recognized by NBII images
Pilosocereus
Recognized by Kubitzki et al
Pilosocereus Byles & Rowley
Genus recognized by USDA Plants data

Alternative Names

Cephalocereus aurisetus (Werderm.) Werderm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cephalocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Borg
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Cephalocereus Pfeiff.)
Cereus cometes Scheidw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Cereus Mill.)
Cereus hermentianus Monv.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Cereus Mill.)
Cereus oligolepis Vaupel
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Cereus Mill.)
Cereus royenii var. armatus Salm-Dyck
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cereus royenii var. floccosus Monv.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilocereus cometes Mittler
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilocereus gounellei F. A. C. Weber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilocereus nigricans Sencke
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilocereus royenii (L.) Haw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilocereus sublanatus C. F. Först.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus bradei Backeb. & Voll
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus catalani (Riccob.) Byles & G. D. Rowley
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus flexibispinus P. J. Braun & Esteves
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus gimnensis Rauh & Backeb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus gironensis Rauh & Backeb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus hermii P. J. Braun, Esteves & Hofacker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) Leuenb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) P. J. Braun & Esteves
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus pseudosuperfloccosus P. J. Braun & Esteves
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pilosocereus tuberculosus Rauh & Backeb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudopilocereus machrisii (E. Y. Dawson) Buining & Brederoo
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Pseudopilocereus machrisii (E. Y. Dawson) Buxb.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Cephalocereus quadricentralis
Synonym according to CITES
Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley 1957
Authority according to NCBI
Pilosocereus subsimilis
Synonym according to CITES
Pseudopilocereus Buxb.
Pseudopilocereus Buxb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

tree cactus preferred

Chinese

毛刺柱属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
毛柱属
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Plaukuotis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

کاکتوس‌های درختی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Пілозоцереус preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

بيلوسوسيروس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

毛刺柱属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

毛刺柱屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pilosocereus

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Pilosocereus (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Cactaceae Juss.
Cactoideae Eaton
Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley (this page)
22 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Pilosocereus (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superasterids
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Pilosocereus (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Pilosocereus (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley (this page)
65 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllanae
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae Juss.
Pilosocereus Byles & G. D. Rowley (this page)
26 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Angiospermae
eudicots
core eudicots
Caryophyllales
Cactaceae
Cactoideae
Cereeae
Pilosocereus (this page)