Pachycereus

Life-forms

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. gaumeri – P. grandis – P. militaris – P. pecten-aboriginum – P. pringlei – P. tepamo – P. weberi

Name

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

Type species: Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cereus subg. Pachycereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 63. 1905
Backebergia Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 24: 230. 1954
Pterocereus T.MacDoug. & Miranda in Ceiba 4: 135. 1954
Type: Pterocereus foetidus T.MacDoug. & Miranda

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

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 Open access Reference page.

Links

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 Dec 18. Reference page.
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 Dec 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pachycereus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pachycereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 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 Dec 18. Reference page.

Vernacular names
suomi: Pilarikaktukset
svenska: Krusbärspelarkaktussläktet