Lophocereus gatesii

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Lophocereus
Species:

Lophocereus gatesii M.E.Jones, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 546 (1934).

• Homotypic
  • Lophocereus schottii var. gatesii (M.E.Jones) Borg, Cacti (Borg), ed. 2: 199 (1951).
  • Pachycereus gatesii (M.E.Jones) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 9: 89 (1991).

• Jones, M.E. 1934. Cactus and Succulent Journal (Los Angeles) 5: 546.

• 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. 

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lophocereus gatesii. Accessed: 2025 July 25. Not updated still as Pachycereus gatesii.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lophocereus gatesii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Lophocereus gatesii. 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 December 18. Reference page.  Not updated still as Pachycereus gatesii.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lophocereus gatesii. Accessed: 25 July 2025. not updated still as Pachycereus gatesii.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lophocereus gatesii. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Lophocereus gatesii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lophocereus gatesii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.

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