Cephalocereus fulviceps

Cephalocereus fulviceps (F.A.C.Weber) H.E.Moore (1975)

🌵 Author(s)	Harold Emery Moore
🌵 Basionym	Pilocereus fulviceps (1897)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Albert Weber
🌵 Type of	Pseudomitrocereus

Etymology

Latin fulvus ‘tawny’ + Latin –ceps ‘-headed’. For the cephalium color. Weber: “The flowering areoles are situated on the tips of the branches and are covered with yellow wool that falls off after full bloom.”