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Cereus pringlei S.Watson
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts xx. (1885) 368.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 422. 1909

Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
The Cardón Gigante, Pachyrereus pringlei at San Josè, Guaiamas, Sonora, mexico. It may lives to more than 200 years and may be the largest cactus in the world.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 422. 1909
Synonymy: 5 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pachycereus pringlei f. calvus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) P.V.Heath
Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992)
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pachycereus pringlei f. constrictus P.V.Heath
Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992). Distribution: Locality not stated.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pachycereus pringlei f. cristatus P.V.Heath
Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992). Distribution: Locality not stated.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pachycereus pringlei f. gibbosus P.V.Heath
Calyx Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992). Locality not stated.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Mexican Giant Cactus, Elephant Cactus
SERI (Cmiique iitom): Xaasj
SPANISH (Español): Sahuaso, Sagueso, Cardón Pelón, Cardón Gigante, Cardón, Senita

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Pachycereus pringlei group


30153 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
27082 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
San Josè, Guaiamas, Sonora, mexico. (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

8385 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
8812 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

8811 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
30152 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini

30155 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
8387 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus pringlei (Pachycereus pringlei) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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