Coleocephalocereus

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus:
Subgenera: C. subg. Buiningia – C. subg. Coleocephalocereus – C. subg. Simplex
Species: C. aureus – C. braunii – C. buxbaumianus – C. decumbens – C. dolichospermaticus – C. fluminensis – C. goebelianus – C. pluricostatus – C. purpurea

Coleocephalocereus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [18; 9, 13, 25]. (1938)

• Type species: Coleocephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Backeb. (1938}

• Heterotypic
  • Buiningia Buxb., Kakteen 46-47: CIV. 1971.
    • Type species: Buiningia brevicylindrica Buining
  • Mariottia Guiggi

• Backeberg, C. 1938. Blatter für Kakteenforschung 1938(6): [18; 9, 13, 25].

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 
• Romeiro-Brito, M., Taylor, N.P., Zappi, D.C., Telhe, M.C., Franco, F.F. & Moraes, E.M. 2023. Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing. Annals of Botany 132(5): 989-1006. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad153 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Coleocephalocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Coleocephalocereus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 03 2025. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Coleocephalocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Coleocephalocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Apr 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Coleocephalocereus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 03. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coleocephalocereus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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