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Pilosocereus leucocephalus

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64405ac3e07e1099343380
Scientific name Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Authority (Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
First published in in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pilocereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 658. 1885.
Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957.
Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) A.Berger Kakteen: 157. 1929.
Pilocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Mittler ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 357. 1846.
Cephalocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416. 1909.
Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417. 1909.
Cephalocereus maxonii Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417. 1909.
Cephalocereus palmeri Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 418. 1909.
Cephalocereus sartorianus Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419. 1909.
Cephalophorus palmeri (Rose) Boom in Succulenta (Netherlands) 46: 107. 1967.
Cereus cometes Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 339. 1840.
Cereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 202. 1850.
Cereus houlletii Lem. in Gard. Chron., ser 3 32: 252. 1902.
Cereus jubatus Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 357. 1846.
Cereus maxonii (Rose) Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 23. 1913.
Cereus sartorianus (Rose) Kupper ex A.Berger Kakteen: 157. 1929.
Cereus victoriensis Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 24. 1913.
Cephalocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Krainz Städtische Sukkulentensammlung Zürich, Kat. Kult. Stehenden Art.: 41. 1967.
Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21(12): 126. 1853.
Cereus houlletii (Lem.) A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 70. 1905.
Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 232. 1936.
Pilocereus palmeri (Rose) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 323. 1936.
Pilosocereus palmeri (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957.
Pilocereus sartorianus (Rose) A.Berger Kakteen: 157, 419. 1929.
Pilosocereus sartorianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 69. 1957.
Pilocereus jubatus Salm-Dyck in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 356. 1846.
Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 66. 1957.
Pilocereus foersteri Lem. in Ill. Hort. 13(Misc.): 472. 1866.
Cephalocereus leucocephalus f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 110. 1992.
Cephalocereus leucocephalus var. actopanensis Rol.-Goss. ex Bois in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 32: 403. 1926.
Cephalocereus palmeri f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 110. 1992.
Pilocereus marschalleckianus var. picta Zeiss. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 35. 1898.
Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeri (Rose) Scheinvar Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 192, 191. 2004.
Pilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Lodé Fichier Encycl. Cact. Autres Succ. 19: 1776. 1997.
Cereus foersteri Sencke Cat.: . 1861.
Cereus sartorianus (Rose) Kupper ex Berger Kaktenbuch 71 1928
Pilosocereus palmeri var. victoriensis (Vaupel) Backeb. Kakteenlex.: 367. 1966.

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish pilocereus tehuacanus
Spanish pilosocereus palmeri
Spanish pilosocereus sartorianus
Spanish pilosocereus cometes
Spanish cephalocereus cometes
Spanish cephalocereus maxonii
Spanish cephalocereus palmeri
Spanish cephalocereus sartorianus
Spanish cereus cometes
Spanish pilosocereus maxonii
Swedish vaddkaktus
Chinese 春衣
Chinese 翁狮子

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001289437
Tropicos 5107434
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:196707-2
The Plant List tro-5107434
Open Tree Of Life 138923
Observations.org 425883
NCBI Taxonomy 867471
IUCN Red List 152309
IPNI 196707-2
iNaturalist 274346
GBIF 7284382
EPPO PKULE
EOL 5175566
Elurikkus 582664
USDA GRIN 435225
Wikipedia Pilosocereus_leucocephalus

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Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Pilosocereus leucocephalus group s.s. (Cactaceae) reveal new taxonomical implications Franco-Estrada D, Barrios D, Cervantes CR, Granados-Aguilar X, Arias S J Plant Res 19-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9081079
doi:10.1007/s10265-022-01384-x
PMID:35305187
Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus Vázquez‐Castillo S, Miranda‐Jácome A, Ruelas Inzunza E Ecol Evol 08-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6374677
doi:10.1002/ece3.4833
PMID:30805158
Consequences of asynchronous heading in a perennial bunchgrass (Elymus excelsus) Li H, Jin X, Yang Y Sci Rep 20-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5820277
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21759-2
PMID:29463857
ContentSnapshots N/A Ann Bot 01-Feb-2013
PMCID:PMC3555537
doi:10.1093/aob/mct001
Sun/shade conditions affect recruitment and local adaptation of a columnar cactus in dry forests Miranda-Jácome A, Montaña C, Fornoni J Ann Bot 05-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3555523
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs255
PMID:23223204
The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ Ann Bot 29-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2766192
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197
PMID:19789175
Nurse Plants vs. Nurse Objects: Effects of Woody Plants and Rocky Cavities on the Recruitment of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus Columnar Cactus Munguía-Rosas MA, Sosa VJ Ann Bot 01-Dec-2007
PMCID:PMC2701848
doi:10.1093/aob/mcm302
PMID:18056054
Cactus alkaloids XXXIII: beta-phenethylamines from the Guatemalan cactus Pilosocereus maxonii. Pummangura S, Nichols DE, McLaughlin JL J Pharm Sci 01-Oct-1977
doi:10.1002/JPS.2600661037
PMID:925910

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Methoxybenzenes / Dimethoxybenzenes
Homoveratrylamine 8421 Click to see 181.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600661037
N-Methylhomoveratrylamine 77039 Click to see CNCCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC)OC 195.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600661037
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Magnosprengerine 161861 Click to see 195.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600661037

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