Lophocereus

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Lophocereus
Pájara La Lajita - Oasis Park - Pachycereus schottii 02 ies.jpg
Lophocereus schottii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Echinocereeae
Genus: Lophocereus
Britton & Rose[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]

Marginatocereus Backeb.

Lophocereus is a genus of cacti. It has often been merged into the genus Pachycereus, but was separated in a 2019 revision of Pachycereus,[2] and is accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2021.

Species

As of March 2021, Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Pachycereus gatesii.jpg Lophocereus gatesii M.E.Jones Mexico (Baja California Sur )
Caryophyllales - Pachycereus marginatus - 1.jpg Lophocereus marginatus (DC.) S.Arias & Terrazas Mexico, United States ( Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California)
Pájara La Lajita - Oasis Park - Pachycereus schottii 04 ies.jpg Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose United States (Arizona), Mexico (Baja California and Sonora)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lophocereus Britton & Rose", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-03-16
  2. ^ Arias, Salvador & Terrazas, Teresa (2009), "Taxonomic Revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae)", Systematic Botany, 34 (1): 68–83, doi:10.1600/036364409787602384, S2CID 85586643, cited in Hunt, David (2016), CITES Cactaceae Checklist (PDF) (3rd ed.), ISBN 978-0-9933113-2-1, retrieved 2021-03-16

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