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Ver. 19.2
April 17th, 2024

412.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700-1800 spp. There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1781; hybrids: 77
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl.: 142 (1821)
= Nopaleaceae Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenr. 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; S. Gérardin de Mirecourt & N. A. Desvaux, Dict. Rais. Bot.: 52, 385 (1817)
412.5889 Genus Coleocephalocereus Backeb.; Blätter f. Kakteenforschung 1938(6): [22] (1938)
Distribution: E-Brazil
Species listed in database: 10
= Buiningia Buxb.; Krainz, Die Kakteen, Lfg. 46-47 (1971)
= Mariottia Guiggi; Iconogr. Cat. Cact. Cult. Hanbury 42 (2016)
= Siccobaccatus Braun & Esteves; Succulenta 69: 6 (1990)
species :
Coleocephalocereus aureus F.Ritter; Kakt. & Sukkulent. 19: 158 (1968)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Buiningia brevicylindrica Buining; Kakteen. 46-47: CIV. (1971)
= Buiningia brevicylindrica var. elongata Buining; Kakteen, 46-47: CIV. (1971)
= Buiningia brevicylindrica var. longispina Buining; Kakteen, 46-47: CIV. (1971)
= Coleocephalocereus aureus subsp. brevicylindricus (Buining) P.J.Braun; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 42(4): centre page pull-out p. 60 (1991)
= Coleocephalocereus aureus subsp. elongatus (Buining) P.J.Braun; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 42(4): centre page pull-out p. 60 (1991)
= Coleocephalocereus aureus var. longispinus (Buining) P.J.Braun; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 42(4): centre page pull-out p. 60 (1991)
= Coleocephalocereus brevicylindricus (Buining) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 122 (1979)
= Coleocephalocereus brevicylindricus var. elongatus (Buining) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 122 (1979)
= Coleocephalocereus brevicylindricus var. longispinus (Buining) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 122 (1979)
= Coleocephalocereus elongatus (Buining) P.J.Braun; Bradleya 6: 92 (1988)
species :
Coleocephalocereus braunii Diers & Esteves; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 36(2): 34 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
Remarks: status uncertain, possibly a syn. of C. buxbaumianus
species :
Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus Buining; Succulenta (Netherl.) 53(2): 28 (1974)
subspecies :
subsp. buxbaumianus
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
subspecies :
subsp. flavisetus (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor & Zappi; Cact. Consens. Init. 3: 7 (1997)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coleocephalocereus flavisetus F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 127 (1979)
= Coleocephalocereus estevesii Diers; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 29(9): 205 (1978)
species :
Coleocephalocereus decumbens F.Ritter; Kakt. & Sukkulent. 19: 160 (1968)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. decumbens (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor & Zappi; Cact. Consens. Init. 3: 7 (1997)
species :
Coleocephalocereus dolichospermaticus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor; Ann. Bot. 132(5): 1003 (2023)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Micranthocereus dolichospermaticus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 108 (1979)
= Austrocephalocereus dolichospermaticus Buining & Brederoo; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 25(4): 76 (1974)
= Siccobaccatus dolichospermaticus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 69(1): 7 (1990)
species :
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Backeb.; Cact. Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakt.-Ges., Pt. 2, 53 (1941 publ. 1942)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Buxb.; Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 44: 240 (1968), in adnot.
= Cephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Britton & Rose; Cact. 2: 29 (1920)
= Cephalocereus melocactus K.Schum.; Mart. Fl. Bras. 6: II. (1890) 215, et Engl. & Prantl, Natürl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 6a. 181 (1894)
= Cereus fluminensis Miq.; Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Neerl. 48 (1838)
= Cereus melocactus (K.Schum.) A.Berger; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 62 (1905)
= Cereus paulensis (Speg.) Werderm.; Backeb. Neue Kakteen, 80 (1931)
= Coleocephalocereus diersianus P.J.Braun & Esteves; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 39(3): 53 (1988)
= Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. paulensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 74(2): 84 (1995)
= Coleocephalocereus fluminensis var. paulensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 42(8): centre page pull-out p. 130 (1991)
= Coleocephalocereus paulensis F.Ritter; Kakt. & Sukkulent. 19: 161 (1968)
= Leocereus paulensis Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 99: 116 (1925)
= Pilocereus vellozoi Lem.; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 11: 427 (1862)
variant :
var. braamhaarii P.J.Braun; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 33: 121 (1982)
Distribution: SE-Brazil
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. braamhaarii (P.J.Braun) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 74(2): 84 (1995)
species :
Coleocephalocereus goebelianus (Vaupel) Buining; Kakt. & Sukkulent. 21: 202 (1970)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Remarks: probably in Pilosocereus fide Fantinati (2020)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus goebelianus Vaupel; Z. Sukkulentenk. 1: 58 (1923)
= Coleocephalocereus pachystele F.Ritter; Kakt. & Sukkulent. 19: 157 (1968)
= Mariottia goebeliana (Vaupel) Guiggi; Iconogr. Cat. Cact. Cult. Hanbury 42 (2016)
= Micranthocereus goebelianus (Vaupel) Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 34(121): 89 (2022)
species :
Coleocephalocereus neoestevesii N.P.Taylor; Ann. Bot. 132(5): 1003 (2023), nom. nov.
Distribution: N-Brazil (Tocantins); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocephalocereus estevesii Buining & Brederoo; Cact. Succ. J. (USA) 47(6): 267 (1975)
= Austrocephalocereus estevesii subsp. grandiflora Diers & Esteves; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 40(4): 81 (1989)
= Austrocephalocereus estevesii subsp. insigniflorus Diers & Esteves; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 39(11): 268 (1988)
= Micranthocereus estevesii (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 108 (1979)
= Siccobaccatus estevesii (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 69(1): 7 (1990)
= Siccobaccatus estevesii subsp. grandiflorus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 69(1): 7 (1990)
= Siccobaccatus estevesii subsp. insigniflorus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Succulenta (Netherl.) 69(1): 7 (1990)
= Siccobaccatus insigniflorus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 80(3): 114 (2008)
= Siccobaccatus insigniflorus P.J.Braun & Esteves; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 80(1): 41 (2008), nom. inval.
species :
Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus Buining & Brederoo; Kakteen, 46-47: CIVb (1971)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus subsp. uebelmanniorum P.J.Braun & Esteves; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 44(7): 152 (1993)
= Coleocephalocereus uebelmanniorum (P.J.Braun & Esteves) P.J.Braun, Esteves & Hofacker; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 58(8): 213 (2007)
species :
Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamer. 1: 128 (1979)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Buiningia purpurea Buining & Brederoo; Kakt. u. a. Sukk. 24(6): 121 (1973)
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