Coleocephalocereus fluminensis(Miq.) Backeb.

WFO wfo-0000614654 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-05 / obs. 168259784
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161552331
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. c Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146720804
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144979286
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. e Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152683308
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Pedro Silva
fig. f Pedro Silva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89507433
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Lucas Rodrigues
fig. g Lucas Rodrigues, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161039587
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. h Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145449358

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Coleocephalocereus fluminensis is native: Brazil Southeast Brazil Southeast
Native distribution of Coleocephalocereus fluminensis, 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
Brazil Southeast BZL SOUTHERN AMERICA

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 18 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.

  • Austrocephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Buxb.
  • Cactus melocactus Vell.
  • Cephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Britton & Rose
  • Cephalocereus melocactus K.Schum.
  • Cereus ferox Haw.
  • Cereus fluminensis Miq.
  • Cereus melocactus Vell.
  • Cereus melocactus (Vell.) A.Berger
  • Cereus paulensis (Speg.) Werderm.
  • Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. braamhaarii (P.J.Braun) P.J.Braun & Esteves
  • Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. fluminensis
  • Coleocephalocereus fluminensis subsp. paulensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
  • Coleocephalocereus fluminensis var. braamhaarii P.J.Braun
  • Coleocephalocereus fluminensis var. paulensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
  • Coleocephalocereus paulensis F.Ritter
  • Leocereus paulensis Speg.
  • Pilocereus melocactus K.Schum.
  • Pilocereus vellozoi Lem.

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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