Pilosocereus leucocephalus

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.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] Pilosocereus leucocephalus functions as a keystone species in dry landscapes found in Mesoamerica.[4] This cactus produces fruit, and frugivores such as birds, bats, and even some reptiles, rely on this fruit as a source of hydration and sugar in arid ecosystems.[5]

Pilosocereus leucocephalus
Scientific 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[1]
Synonyms[2]
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

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, S., Miranda‐Jácome, A., & Ruelas Inzunza, E. (2019). Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus. Ecology and Evolution, 9(3), 1268–1277. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4833
  5. Vázquez‐Castillo, S., Miranda‐Jácome, A., & Ruelas Inzunza, E. (2019). Patterns of frugivory in the columnar cactus Pilosocereus leucocephalus. Ecology and Evolution, 9(3), 1268–1277. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4833
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.