Cephalocereus purpureus Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86. 1908
Cephalocereus purpureus in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86. 1908
is basionym for Micranthocereus purpureus in Kakteen And. Sukk. 19: 157. 1968
is basionym for Cereus purpureus in Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 111. 1926
is basionym for Austrocephalocereus purpureus in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1942(2): 53. 1942
Holotype: Brazil, Bahia: Serra do Sincóra, alt. 800 – 1200 m, Ule 4 (B, in spirit: B 810006695)