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Stenocereus
Stenocereus (Gk. stenos, narrow, L. cereus, candle) is a genus of columnar or tree-like cacti from the Baja California Peninsula and other parts of Mexico, Arizona in the United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Venezuela and the ABC islands of the Dutch Caribbean. The genus has been enlarged by the addition of species from several other genera. A close relative is the peculiar chinoa or chende cactus, Polaskia chende.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
organ pipe cactus
speciesStenocereus thurberi
Galloping Cactus
speciesStenocereus gummosus
Octopus Cactus
speciesStenocereus alamosensis
Stenocereus martinezii
speciesStenocereus martinezii
Stenocereus griseus
speciesStenocereus griseus
Pitaya de Queretaro
speciesStenocereus queretaroensis
Stenocereus chacalapensis
speciesStenocereus chacalapensis
Stenocereus huastecorum
speciesStenocereus huastecorum
Creeping Devil
speciesStenocereus eruca
Spanish stenocereus
speciesStenocereus heptagonus
Stenocereus pruinosus
speciesStenocereus pruinosus
Stenocereus standleyi
speciesStenocereus standleyi
Stenocereus stellatus
speciesStenocereus stellatus
Stenocereus kerberi
speciesStenocereus kerberi
Stenocereus montanus
speciesStenocereus montanus
Stenocereus treleasei
speciesStenocereus treleasei
Stenocereus laevigatus
speciesStenocereus laevigatus
Stenocereus beneckei
speciesStenocereus beneckei
Stenocereus eichlamii
speciesStenocereus eichlamii
Stenocereus humilis
speciesStenocereus humilis
Stenocereus quevedonis
speciesStenocereus quevedonis
Stenocereus fricii
speciesStenocereus fricii
Stenocereus chrysocarpus
speciesStenocereus chrysocarpus
Stenocereus zopilotensis
speciesStenocereus zopilotensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82006.