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December 2023

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Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

This species name was first published in in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001289064.

Synonyms of Pilosocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cephalocereus guerreronis (Backeb.) Buxb. in Bot. Stud. 12: 101. 1961. wfo-0000594709
Cephalocereus purpusii Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 56. 1920. wfo-0000594755
Pilocereus purpusii (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 33. 1936. wfo-0001289063
Pilocereus guerreronis Backeb. in Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1941: 3. 1941. wfo-0001289441
Pilosocereus guerreronis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957. wfo-0001289442