Taxon:
Stenocereus queretaroensis (F. A. C. Weber) Buxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Stud. 12:101. 1961
Verified:
10/27/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Spanish
pitaya – pitaya de Querétaro –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Querétaro]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Pimienta-Barrios, E. & P. S. Nobel. 1994. Pitaya (Stenocereus spp., Cactaceae): an ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 48:76-83. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231 |
Human food | fruit | | Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family |