Taxon:
Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxb.
Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Stud. 12:101. 1961
Verified:
10/30/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
- Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada
- Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 Note: mentions
- CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). URL: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Marshallocereus thurberi
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist
- Pinkava, D. J. 1995. Cactaceae, part 1. Cactus Family: the cereoid cactus. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:11.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
organ-pipe cactus – Spanish
mehuelé – órgano marismeña – pitahauya – pitahaya dulce – pitayo dulce – Swedish
orgelkaktus –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California (Norte) | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja California Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Marshallocereus thurberi |
Human food | fruit | | Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 Note: mentions |