Lophocereus schottii

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

Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).

• Basionym
  • Cereus schottii Engelm., Syn. Cact. U. S. 32 (1856); Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 288 (1857).
• Homotypic
  • Pilocereus schottii (Engelm.) Lem., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 428 (1862).
  • Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 5: 93 (1987).
  • Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107: (1992), isonym.
• Heterotypic
  • Cereus sargentianus Orcutt, Gard. & Forest 4: 436, fig. 69 (1891).
    • Pilocereus sargentianus (Orcutt) Orcutt, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 76 (1892).
    • Pilocereus sargentianus Orcutt ex K.Schum., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 86 (1893).
    • Lophocereus sargentianus (Orcutt) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).
    • Pilocereus schottii var. sargentianus (Orcutt) Schelle, Kakteen (Schelle) 135 (1926).
    • Lophocereus schottii var. sargentianus (Orcutt) Borg, Cacti (Borg) 154 (1937).
    • Pachycereus schottii f. sargentianus (Orcutt) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Cereus palmeri F.A.C.Weber, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 318 (1895).
  • Cereus palmeri Engelm., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(7): 401 (1896), isonym.
  • Pilocereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 64 (1897).
  • Cereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee, Zoe 5: 4 (1900).
    • Lophocereus australis (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).
    • Lophocereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) Borg, Cacti (Borg) 154 (1937).
    • Pachycereus australis (K.Brandegee) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
    • Pachycereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Cereus sargentianus Orcutt, Seed Pl. Co. Cat. Cact. 9 (1903), nom. illeg.
  • Cereus mieckleyanus Weing., Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 189 (1931).
    • Lophocereus mieckleyanus Weing. ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 326 (1936).
    • Lemaireocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Borg, Cacti (Borg) 126 (1937), nom. illeg.
    • Lophocereus mieckleyanus Weing. ex Backeb., Cactaceae (Backeberg) 4: 2285 (1960), nom. illeg.
    • Lophocereus schottii f. mieckleyanus (Weing.) G.E.Linds., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 35: 184, fig. 4 (1963).
    • Pachycereus schottii f. mieckleyanus (Weing.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Lophocereus schottii f. monstrosus H.E.Gates, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 38 (1931).
    • Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus (H.E.Gates) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Lophocereus schottii var. tenuis G.E.Linds., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 35: 187, fig. 6, 7 (1963).
    • Pachycereus schottii var. tenuis (G.E.Linds.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Lophocereus schottii f. spiralis A.M.Carter, Cact. Suc. Mex. 11: 13, fig. 6-10 (1966).
    • Pachycereus schottii f. spiralis (A.M.Carter) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
  • Lophocereus schottii f. spiralis A.M.Carter & León de la Luz, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 77(4): 188 (187-189; 4 photogrs.) (2005), nom. illeg.

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 427.

• Hunt, D.R. 1987. Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 93.
• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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 schottii. Accessed: 2025 July 26. Not updated still as Pachycereus schottii.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lophocereus schottii 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 schottii. 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 schottii.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lophocereus schottii. Accessed: 26 July 2025. Not updated still as Pachycereus schottii.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lophocereus schottii. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Lophocereus schottii 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 schottii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lophocereus schottii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-October-06. Not updated still as Pachycereus schottii.
• WFO Plant List 2025. Lophocereus schottii. Published online. Accessed: 26 July 2025.

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