Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [ Cereus giganteus Engelm.]
Engelmann, G., Plates to the Cactaceae of the Mexican boundary (1857-1859)
Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.


t. 1 (1839)

Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


name cited:
Cereus giganteus Engelm.
name recognized:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
name recognized (basionym):
Cereus giganteus Engelm.
drawing: P. Roetter
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
epithet: giganteus,-a,-um

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homotypic synonyms:
Cereus giganteus Engelm.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Pilocereus engelmannii Lemaire; Pilocereus giganteus Rumpler;
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