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Taxon:
Carnegiea gigantea
(Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Carnegiea
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Echinocereeae
Nomen number:
310457
Place of publication:
J. New York Bot. Gard. 9:188, t. 32. 1908
Verified:
12/04/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cereus giganteus
Engelm.
No images
Conservation Status
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
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
Backeberg, C.
1978. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 609.
Benson, L.
1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada 934.
Note:
=
Cereus giganteus
Engelm.
Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada.
Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991
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
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hunt, D. et al., eds.
2006. The new cactus lexicon
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles.
1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck.
1959. A California flora.
Note:
=
Cereus giganteus
Engelm.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Pinkava, D. J.
1995. Cactaceae, part 1. Cactus Family: the cereoid cactus. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:8.
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins.
1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
Common names
English
giant cactus –
Reference(s)
sage-of-the-desert –
Reference(s)
German
Riesenkaktus –
Reference(s)
Saguaro –
Reference(s)
Spanish
saguaro –
Reference(s)
Swedish
saguarokaktus –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sonora
n.w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
s.e.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona, California (s.e.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Sonora (n.w.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human food
beverage base
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Human food
fruit
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Social
religious/secular
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family
Name
References