Cephalocereus columna-trajani(Karw. ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum.

WFO wfo-0000594690 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Erick Vélez Sánchez
fig. a Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-04-10 / obs. 123010261
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Guillermo Huerta Ramos
fig. b Guillermo Huerta Ramos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74871005
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. c Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187802598
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. d Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23941961
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. e Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10470750
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. f Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10490962
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. g Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10544102
Cephalocereus columna-trajani, photographed by Martín Sánchez Vilchis
fig. h Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 10490961

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Cephalocereus columna-trajani is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Cephalocereus columna-trajani, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cephalocereus columna (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum.
  • Cephalocereus hoppenstedtii (Roezl ex Rümpler) K.Schum.
  • Cephalophorus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
  • Cereus columna Walp.
  • Cereus columna-trajani Karw. ex Pfeiff.
  • Cereus hoogendorpii Kuntze
  • Cereus hoppenstedtii (F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum.
  • Cereus hoppenstedtii (F.A.C.Weber) A.Berger
  • Cereus hoppenstedtii (Roezl ex Rümpler) A.Berger
  • Cereus lateribarbatus Lem.
  • Haseltonia columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.
  • Haseltonia hoppenstedtii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
  • Mitrocereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Backeb. ex E.Y.Dawson
  • Pachycereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
  • Pilocereus columna (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
  • Pilocereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
  • Pilocereus hoogendorpii Ortgies ex K.Schum.
  • Pilocereus hoppenstedtii (Roezl ex Rümpler) Mottet
  • Pilocereus hoppenstedtii F.A.C.Weber
  • Pilocereus hoppenstedtii Roezl ex Rümpler
  • Pilocereus lateralis F.A.C.Weber
  • Pilocereus lateribarbatus Pfeiff. ex Rümpler

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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