× Patrocereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Nothogenus: × Patrocereus
Nothospecies: × P. apicicostatus

Name

× Patrocereus M.H.J.van der Meer, Cact. Phantast. 2021(1)-2: 1 (2021)

• Type species: × Patrocereus apicicostatus (S.Arias & Terrazas) M.H.J.van der Meer, Cact. Phantast. 2021(1)-2: 1. (2021)
• Formula hybridae: Mitrocereus Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941, pt. 2: 77. (1942) × Pachycereus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 422. (1909)
  

Note: This is an intergeneric hybrid between Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum and Mitrocereus militaris.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • × Pachebergia S.Arias & Terrazas in Revista Mex. Biodivers. 79: 26 (2008)

References

• Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2008. Revista Mex. Biodivers. 79(1): 26.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. × Patrocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. × Patrocereus. Published online. Accessed: July 28 2025. Reference page.