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Pilosocereus

The genus Pilosocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Pilosocereus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Pilosocereus albisummus P.J. Braun & Esteves Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus alensis (F.A.C. Weber) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus arenicola (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus arrabidae (Lem.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus aurilanatus F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus aurisetus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus bahamensis (Britton) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18 1
Pilosocereus braunii Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus catalani (Riccob.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Pilosocereus cenepequei Rizzini & A.Mattos Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus chrysacanthus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus chrysostele (Vaupel) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus coerulescens (Lem.) F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus collinsii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus colombianus (Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus cristalinensis P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus cyaneus F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus densiareolatus F. Ritter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus densivillosus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus diersianus (Esteves) P.J. Braun Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus estevesii P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus flexibilispinus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus flexibispinus P.J. Braun & Esteves Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus floccosus (Backeb. & Voll) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus frewenii Zappi & N.P.Taylor Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus gaumeri (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus gimnensis Rauh & Backeb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus gironensis Rauh & Backeb. ex Byles & G.D.Rowley Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus goianus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Pilosocereus gruberi Schatzl & H.Till Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus hapalacanthus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus hermentianus (Monv.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus hermii P.J.Braun, Esteves & Hofacker Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus juaruensis (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) Leuenb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselger) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus lindaianus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus machrisii (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus mollispinus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus mucosiflorus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus multicostatus F. Ritter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus occultiflorus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus pachycladus F. Ritter Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18 1
Pilosocereus paraguayensis F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus parvus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus pseudosuperfloccosus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus pusillibaccatus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus quadricentralis (E.Y. Dawson) Backeb. Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus rizzoianus P.J.Braun & Esteves Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus rosae P.J.Braun Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus rupicola (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus ruschianus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus schoebelii P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus sergipensis (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus sublanatus (Salm-Dyck) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus × subsimilis Rizzini & A. Mattos (pro sp.) Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus superfloccosus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus supthutianus P.J.Braun Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus tillianus R.Gruber & Schatzl Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus tuberculatus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus tuberculosus Rauh & Backeb. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus vilaboensis (Diers & Esteves) P.J. Braun Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Pilosocereus werdermannianus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Pilosocereus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 240 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pilosocereus. Of these 54 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 33 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Pilosocereus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 240 species names for the genus Pilosocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 54 22.5%
◕ Synonym 128 53.3%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 58 24.2%

All names

The status of the 273 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pilosocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 58 21.2%
◕ Synonym 156 57.1%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 59 21.6%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 240 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Pilosocereus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 47 111 0 0 158 65.8%
Low confidence 7 17 0 58 82 34.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Pilosocereus is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 38 55 0 2 0 95 39.6%
WCSP (in review) 16 73 0 56 0 145 60.4%