Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Pachycereus
Species: Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum

Name

Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 422 (1909).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cereus pecten-aboriginum Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 429 (1886).
  • Heterotypic
    • Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum subsp. tehuantepecanus (T.MacDoug. & Bravo) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).
    • Pachycereus tehuantepecanus T.MacDoug. & Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 1: 64, fig. 43–48 (1956).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

English: hair brush cactus, Indian comb, aborigine's comb
español: Etcho, Hecho
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