Cactaceae
Mexican fence-post cactus
Lophocereus marginatus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Lophocereus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 白云阁
- English
- Mexican fence-post cactus
- German
- Perlbandkaktus
- Korean
- 멕시코울타리선인장
- nah
- Teonochtli
- Spanish
- Cactus órgano, Chilayo, Jarrito, Órgano
Synonyms
- Cereus cupulatus Pfeiff.
- Cereus gemmatus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus gemmatus Otto
- Cereus incrustans Steud.
- Cereus incrustatus Pfeiff.
- Cereus marginatus DC.
- Cereus marginatus var. cristatus Benth.
- Cereus marginatus var. monstrosus Aug.DC.
- Cereus mirbelii Pfeiff.
- Echinopsis gemmata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum.
- Lemaireocereus marginatus (DC.) A.Berger
- Lemaireocereus marginatus var. gemmatus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) W.T.Marshall
- Marginatocereus marginatus (DC.) Backeb.
- Marginatocereus marginatus var. oaxacensis Backeb.
- Pachycereus gibbosus (J.A.Purpus) P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus marginatus (DC.) Britton & Rose
- Pachycereus marginatus f. gibbosus (J.A.Purpus) P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus marginatus var. gemmatus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus marginatus var. oaxacensis (Backeb.) P.V.Heath
- Pachycereus pringlei f. gibbosus P.V.Heath
- Stenocereus marginatus (DC.) A.Berger & Buxb.
- Stenocereus marginatus var. gemmatus Bravo
Photos
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.