Pachycereus

	Pachycereus
	; Acanthocereus pentagonus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
The kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flower
Class:	Dicotyledons
Over Order :	Caryophyllanae Takht. , 1967
Order:	Clove flowers
Family:	Cactus
Subfamily :	Cactus
Tribe :	Pachycereus
International Scientific Name
	Pachycereeae
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Pachycereus ( lat. Pachycereeae ) is a tribe of pillar-like cacti from the subfamily Cactoideae of the Cactus family ( Cactaceae ).

Some plants from pachycereusovyh can reach a height of 20 m and weigh up to seven tons.

The natural habitat of the tribe is Central America , Mexico , and the southwestern United States .

According to the Backkeberg classification , most of the genera from the pachinotsereusovy belonged to the subtribe Northern Cereus cacti ( Boreocereinae Backeb. ) Cereus tribes ( Cereeae Britton et Rose ) of the Cereus ( Cereoideae Schum. ) Subfamily .

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Tribe includes 15 genera :

Acanthocereus ( Engelm. Ex A.Berger ) Britton & Rose - Acantocereus
Bergerocactus Britton & Rose - Bergerocactus
Carnegiea Britton & Rose - Carnegia
Cephalocereus pfeiff. - Cephalotsereus
Corryocactus Britton & Rose
Echinocereus Engelm. - Echinocereus
Escontria rose
Leptocereus ( A.Berger ) Britton & Rose - Leptocereus
Myrtillocactus Console - Myrtillocactus
Neobuxbaumia Backeb.
Pachycereus ( A.Berger ) Britton & Rose - Pakhitsereus
Peniocereus ( A.Berger ) Britton & Rose - Peniocereus
Polaskia Backeb. - Polaskia
Pseudoacanthocereus F.Ritter
Stenocereus ( A.Berger ) Riccob. - Stenothereus

Hybrids

× Myrtgerocactus Moran ( Myrtillocactus × Bergerocactus )
× Pacherocactus GDRowley ( Pachycereus × Bergerocactus )

Literature

* Udalova R. A., Vyugina N. G. In the world of cacti. 2nd ed. - M .: Science, 1983. - p. 94-102.

Notes

↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .

Links

Pachycereusovye (eng.) : Information on the site GRIN . (Checked August 17, 2009)
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pachycereeae

[1] About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .