Corryocactus apiciflorus or is a species of columnar cactus found in Peru.

[2] Corryocactus apiciflorus is distributed in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad, Ancash and Ayacucho.

The first description as Cereus apiciflorus was made in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel.

[3] The specific epithet apiciflorus is derived from the Latin words apex for 'tip' and -florus for '-flowered' and refers to the flowers that mainly appear at the tips of the shoots.

Paul Clifford Hutchison placed the species in the genus Corryocactus in 1963.