Pachycereus

Pachycereus pringlei

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Pachycereus
Species: P. grandis – P. pecten-aboriginum – P. pringlei – P. tepamo – P. weberi

Name

Pachycereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(10): 420 (1909).

• Type species: Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(10): 420 (1909).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus subg. Pachycereus, A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 63 (1905).
• Heterotypic
  • Tribularia M.Ocampo, Periód. Soc. Filoiátrica México 1: 71 (1844).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Mexico to Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12 (10): 420.

Additional references

• Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 34(1): 68–83. DOI: 10.1600/036364409787602384 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias Montes, S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903–916. DOI: 10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0 Reference page. 
• Hartmann, S., Nason, J.D. & Bhattacharya, D. 2002. Phylogenetic origins of Lophocereus (Cactaceae) and the senita cactus–senita moth pollination mutualism. American Journal of Botany 89 (7): 1085–1092 [1].
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pachycereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pachycereus. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pachycereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pachycereus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pachycereus. Accessed: 2024 December 31.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pachycereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Pilarikaktukset
svenska: Krusbärspelarkaktussläktet

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