Lophocereus schottii

Lophocereus schottii, the senita cactus,[2] is a species of cactus from southern Arizona and north-western Mexico, particularly Baja California and Sonora. Synonyms include Pilocereus schottii and Pachycereus schottii.[3]

Lophocereus schottii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Lophocereus
Species:
L. schottii
Binomial name
Lophocereus schottii
(Engelm.) Britton & Rose[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cereus mieckleyanus Weing.
  • Cereus palmeri F.A.C.Weber
  • Cereus sargentianus Orcutt
  • Cereus schottii Engelm.
  • Lemaireocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Borg
  • Lophocereus australis Britton & Rose
  • Lophocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Backeb.
  • Lophocereus sargentianus (Orcutt) Britton & Rose
  • Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
  • Pilocereus sargentianus Orcutt ex K.Schum.
  • Pilocereus schottii (Engelm.) Lem.

The senita cactus exhibits mutualism with the senita moth. The senita moth is the only nocturnal pollinator of the cactus, and the moth relies on the cactus as a host for reproduction.[4]

References
  1. "Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-03-16
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pachycereus schottii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, pp. 536–537
  4. Holland, J. Nathaniel; Fleming, Theodore H. (1999-09-01). "Mutualistic Interactions Between Upiga Virescens (pyralidae), a Pollinating Seed-Consumer, and Lophocereus Schottii (cactaceae)". Ecology. 80 (6): 2074–2084. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2074:mibuvp]2.0.co;2. hdl:1911/21700. ISSN 1939-9170.


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