Stenocereus griseus(Haw.) Buxb.

WFO wfo-0000438960 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Luke Lythgoe
fig. a Luke Lythgoe, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-21 / obs. 182540927
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. b Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178263778
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. c Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178255799
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Andra Waagmeester
fig. d Andra Waagmeester, CC0 1.0 / obs. 167047501
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Andra Waagmeester
fig. e Andra Waagmeester, CC0 1.0 / obs. 167045418
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. f Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144789451
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. g Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144788742
Stenocereus griseus, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. h Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144788334

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Stenocereus griseus is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Aruba, Colombia, Guatemala, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaGuatemalaTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela ArubaNetherlands AntillesVenezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Stenocereus griseus, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Aruba ARU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Guatemala GUA
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
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 31 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.

  • Cactus eburneus Link
  • Cactus eburneus (Salm-Dyck) Spreng.
  • Cereus clavatus Otto & A.Dietr.
  • Cereus deficiens Otto & A.Dietr.
  • Cereus eburneus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus eburneus var. monstrosus Salm-Dyck ex DC.
  • Cereus eburneus var. polygonus Pfeiff.
  • Cereus enriquezii Elliott
  • Cereus griseus Haw.
  • Cereus peruvianus Hort. ex C.F.Först.
  • Cereus polygonatus Pfeiff.
  • Cereus resupinatus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus ziczkaanus K.Schum.
  • Cereus zizkaanus (K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Griseocactus griseus (Haw.) Guiggi
  • Griseocereus griseus (Haw.) Guiggi
  • Lemaireocereus deficiens (Otto & A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose
  • Lemaireocereus eburneus (Salm-Dyck) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
  • Lemaireocereus griseus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
  • Neogriseocereus griseus (Haw.) Guiggi
  • Neolemaireocereus griseus (Haw.) Backeb.
  • Pilocereus deficiens (Otto & A.Dietr.) Walton
  • Rathbunia deficiens (Otto & A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath
  • Rathbunia grisea (Haw.) P.V.Heath

and 7 more.

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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