Cereus cometes Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 339. 1840
Cereus cometes in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 339. 1840
is basionym for Pilocereus cometes, Handb. Cacteenk.: 357. 1846
is basionym for Cephalocereus cometes in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416. 1909
is basionym for Pilosocereus cometes in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 66. 1957
Type: Mexico, [San Luis] Potosí, [Galeotti?] (not preserved)