Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [ Cereus giganteus Engelm.]
Emory, W.H., Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers, made in 1846-1847 (1848)
Not. Milit. Reconn.

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Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


name cited:
Cereus giganteus Engelm.
name recognized:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
name recognized (basionym):
Cereus giganteus Engelm.
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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