Pachycereeae

Pachycereeae

Echinocereus engelmannii growing on Carnegiea gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Pachycereeae
Type genus
Pachycereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose^[1]
Genera
See text

Pachycereeae is a tribe of 15 genera of columnar cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. They are native to Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States.

Contents

1 Genera
- 1.1 Hybrids
2 References
3 External links

Genera

Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose – Triangle Cactus
Bergerocactus Britton & Rose – Snake Cactus
Carnegiea Britton & Rose – Saguaro
Cephalocereus Pfeiff. – Old Man Cactus
Corryocactus Britton & Rose
Echinocereus Engelm. – Hedgehog Cactus
Escontria Rose
Leptocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Myrtillocactus Console
Neobuxbaumia Backeb.
Pachycereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Peniocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Polaskia Backeb.
Pseudoacanthocereus F.Ritter
Stenocereus (A.Berger) Riccob.

Hybrids

× Myrtgerocactus Moran (Myrtillocactus × Bergerocactus)
× Pacherocactus G.D.Rowley (Pachycereus × Bergerocactus)^[2]

References

^ "Family: Cactaceae Juss., nom. cons. subfam. Cactoideae tribe Pachycereeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-02-13. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/family.pl?1905. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
^ "Genera of Cactaceae tribe Pachycereeae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1905. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pachycereeae Pachycereeae] at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pachycereeae at Wikispecies