Name appeared on pages 139-140 in:

 Britton & Rose 1920 The Cactaceae. Vol. 2.

12. Trichocereus coquimbanus (Molina).

Synonyms:
  Cactus coquimbanus Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chil. 170. 1782.
  Cereus nigripilis Philippi, Fl. Atac. 23. 1860.
  Cereus coquimbanus Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 58. 1897.
  Cereus chilensis nigripilis (Hirscht, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 159. 1898) doubtless belongs here.

Description:
   "Plant low, 1 meter high or more, or sometimes prostrate and forming dense thickets; branches 7 to 8 cm. in diameter, with 12 or 13 ribs; areoles large, circular, filled with short wool; spines about 20, very formidable, often 7 to 8 cm. long; central spines several, 2 to 6 cm. long; flowers large, white, about 10 cm. long; inner perianth-segments acute; scales of ovary and tube subtending black hairs."

Type locality:
   Coquimbo to Paposo, Chile.

Distribution:
   Along the coast of the province of Coquimbo, Chile.