Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barbona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cabeza de viejo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
garambullo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hombre veijo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musaro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pitahay	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pitahya barbona	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sina, zina, cina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sinita	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cereus sargentianus Orcutt Gard. & Forest 4: 436 (1891).
Cereus schottii Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 288 (1857).
Lophocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 4: 2285 (1960).
Lophocereus sargentianus (Orcutt) Britton & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).
Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt Bradleya 5: 93 (1987).
Cereus mieckleyanus Weing. Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 189 (1931).
Cereus palmeri F.A.C.Weber Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 318 (1895).
Cereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee Zoe 5: 4 (1900).
Lemaireocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Borg Cacti (Borg): 126 (1937).
Lophocereus australis Britton & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).
Lophocereus mieckleyanus Weing. ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 326 (1936).
Lophocereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) Borg Cacti (Borg): 154 (1937).
Lophocereus schottii f. mieckleyanus G.E.Linds. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 35: 184 (1963).
Lophocereus schottii f. monstrosus H.E.Gates Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 38 (1931).
Lophocereus schottii var. sargentianus (Orcutt) Borg Cacti (Borg): 154 (1937).
Lophocereus schottii f. spiralis A.M.Carter Cact. Suc. Mex. 11: 13 (1966).
Lophocereus schottii f. spiralis A.M.Carter & León de la Luz Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 77: 188 (2005), nom. illeg.
Lophocereus schottii var. tenuis G.E.Linds. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 35: 187 (1963).
Pachycereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pachycereus schottii f. mieckleyanus (Weing.) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus (H.E.Gates) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pachycereus schottii f. sargentianus (Orcutt) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pachycereus schottii f. spiralis (A.M.Carter) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pachycereus schottii var. tenuis (G.E.Linds.) P.V.Heath Calyx 2: 107 (1992).
Pilocereus sargentianus Orcutt ex K.Schum. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 86 (1893).
Pilocereus schottii (Engelm.) Lem. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 11: 428 (1862).
Pilocereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 64 (1897).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cereus sargentianus Orcutt	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cereus schottii Engelm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lophocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.)Backeb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lophocereus sargentianus Britton & Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.)Britton & Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.)D.R.Hunt	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pachycereus schottii (Engelmann) D.R. Hunt	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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