Lophocereus

Lophocereus
Lophocereus schottii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Echinocereeae
Genus: Lophocereus
Britton & Rose
Type species
Lophocereus schottii
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Marginatocereus Backeb.
  • Cereus subg. Lophocereus A.Berger, 1905
  • Pachycereus sect. Lophocereus (A.Berger) P.V.Heath, 1992

Lophocereus is a genus of cacti. It has often been merged into the genus Pachycereus, but was separated in a 2019 revision of Pachycereus, and is accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2021.