Cephalocereus polylophus is a species of cactus endemic to Mexico. Often grown under the synonym Neobuxbaumia polylopha, it is popular with cactus growers...

Cephalocereus is a genus of slow-growing, columnar-shaped, blue-green cacti. The genus is native to Mexico. These cacti show a columnar and upright growth...

Gürke named a species Cereus nickelsii in her honor in 1910 (now Cephalocereus polylophus). The California botanist Mary Katharine Brandegee knew Nickels...