Xiquexique gounellei(F.A.C.Weber) Lavor & Calvente

WFO wfo-0001434670 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. a B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-01-01 / obs. 29830283
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. b B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29616910
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. c Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178220477
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by Tim Hirsch
fig. d Tim Hirsch, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178220464
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. e B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29830303
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. f B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29616937
Xiquexique gounellei, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. g B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29830293

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Xiquexique gounellei is native: Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast Brazil NortheastBrazil Southeast
Native distribution of Xiquexique gounellei, 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 Northeast BZE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Southeast BZL

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 17 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 gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Cephalocereus zehntneri Britton & Rose
  • Cereus gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Luetzelb.
  • Cereus setosus (Gürke) Vaupel
  • Cereus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.
  • Pilocereus gounellei F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
  • Pilocereus gounellei var. zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
  • Pilocereus setosus Gürke
  • Pilosocereus gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus gounellei subsp. gounellei
  • Pilosocereus gounellei subsp. zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Zappi
  • Pilosocereus gounellei var. zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus superfloccosus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter
  • Pilosocereus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
  • Pseudopilocereus gounellei (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Buxb.
  • Pseudopilocereus superfloccosus Buining & Brederoo
  • Pseudopilocereus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath

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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