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Pilosocereus leucocephalus

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(Redirected from Pilocereus palmeri) Species of plant in the genus Pilosocereus

Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: P. leucocephalus
Binomial name
Pilosocereus leucocephalus
(Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
Synonyms
List
    • Cephalocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose
    • Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose
    • Cephalocereus leucocephalus f. cristatus P.V.Heath
    • Cephalocereus maxonii Rose
    • Cephalocereus palmeri Rose
    • Cephalocereus palmeri f. cristatus P.V.Heath
    • Cephalocereus sartorianus Rose
    • Cephalocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Borg
    • Cephalophorus palmeri (Rose) Boom
    • Cereus cometes Scheidw.
    • Cereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck
    • Cereus houlletii (Lem.) Mottet
    • Cereus jubatus Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
    • Cereus maxonii (Rose) Vaupel
    • Cereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Werderm.
    • Cereus victoriensis Vaupel
    • Pilocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Mittler ex C.F.Först.
    • Pilocereus flavicomus (Salm-Dyck) C.F.Först. & Rümpler
    • Pilocereus forsteri Sencke ex Lem.
    • Pilocereus houlletii Lem.
    • Pilocereus jubatus Salm-Dyck
    • Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg.
    • Pilocereus marschalleckianus Zeiss.
    • Pilocereus marschalleckianus var. picta Zeiss.
    • Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) A.Berger
    • Pilocereus palmeri (Rose) F.M.Knuth
    • Pilocereus sartorianus A.Berger
    • Pilocereus tehuacanus Weing.
    • Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
    • Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeri (Rose) Scheinvar
    • Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
    • Pilosocereus palmeri (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
    • Pilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Lodé
    • Pilosocereus palmeri var. victoriensis (Vaupel) Backeb.
    • Pilosocereus sartorianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
    • Pilosocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley

Pilosocereus leucocephalus, called old man cactus (along with a number of similar species), old man of Mexico, tuno, and woolly torch, is a species of cactus in the genus Pilosocereus, native to Mexico and Central America. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Pilosocereus leucocephalus functions as a keystone species in dry landscapes found in Mesoamerica. The fruit this cactus produces is relied upon as a source of hydration and sugar in arid areas by frugivores such as birds, bats, and even some reptiles.

References

  1. Pilosocereus (Cactac.) Gen. Revis. Ampl.: 119 (1994)
  2. ^ "Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  3. "Pilosocereus leucocephalus". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. Vázquez‐Castillo, Shamira; Miranda‐Jácome, Antonio; Ruelas Inzunza, Ernesto (2019). "Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus". Ecology and Evolution. 9 (3): 1268–1277. doi:10.1002/ece3.4833. PMC 6374677. PMID 30805158.
Taxon identifiers
Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Pilocereus leucocephalus
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