Cactus lanuginosus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 467. 1753.

"Habitat in Curacao." RCN: 3576.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Hermann, Parad. Bat.: 115. 1698.

Current name: Pilosocereus lanuginosus (L.) Byles & G.D. Rowley ( Cactaceae).