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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
Pilosocereus alensis (F.A.C. Weber) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus arenicola (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus aureispinus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus aurilanatus F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus aurisetus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus azulensis N.P.Taylor & Zappi Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus bahamensis (Britton) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus barbadensis (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus bohlei Hofacker Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus brooksianus (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus catalani (Riccob.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus catingicola (Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus chrysacanthus (F.A.C. Weber ex Schum.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus chrysostele (Vaupel) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus collinsii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus colombianus (Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus diersianus (Esteves) P.J. Braun Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus flavipulvinatus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus floccosus (Backeb. & Voll) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus fulvilanatus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus gaumeri (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus glaucescens (Labour.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus glaucochrous (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus hapalacanthus (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus hermentianus (Monv.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus kanukuensis (Alexander) Leuenb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselger) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus machrisii (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus magnificus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus millspaughii (Britton) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus monoclonos (DC.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto) Byles & G.D.Rowley Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus nobilis (Haw.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus oligolepis (Vaupel) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus quadricentralis (E.Y. Dawson) Backeb. Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus robinii (Lem.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus rosae P.J.Braun Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus rupicola (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus sergipensis (Werderm.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus sublanatus (Salm-Dyck) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus swartzii (Griseb.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus tillianus R.Gruber & Schatzl Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus tuberculosus Rauh & Backeb. ex Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted L TRO
Pilosocereus urbanianus (K. Schum.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Accepted M TRO
Pilosocereus vilaboensis (Diers & Esteves) P.J. Braun Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 122 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Pilosocereus. Of these 56 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 10 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 122 species names for the genus Pilosocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 56 45.9%
Synonym 25 20.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 41 33.6%

All names

The status of the 132 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Pilosocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 59 44.7%
Synonym 30 22.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 43 32.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 122 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 43 19 0 0 62 50.8%
Low confidence 13 6 0 41 60 49.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Pilosocereus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 43 18 0 1 0 62 50.8%
WCSP (in review) 13 7 0 40 0 60 49.2%