Trichocereus
Former genus of cacti
title: "Trichocereus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["historically-recognized-angiosperm-genera", "cereeae"] description: "Former genus of cacti" topic_path: "general/historically-recognized-angiosperm-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocereus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Former genus of cacti ::
Trichocereus is a formerly recognized genus of cacti native to South America (Bolivia, northern Chile, Ecuador and Peru). , it was considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of the genus Echinopsis.
Species
Species previously placed in the genus Trichocereus include:
- Trichocereus macrogonus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob. → Echinopsis macrogona
- Trichocereus spinibarbis (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.Ritter → Echinopsis spinibarbis
- Trichocereus uyupampensis Backeb. → Echinopsis uyupampensis
References
References
- (2018-05-28). "''Trichocereus'' (A.Berger) Riccob.".
- "Search for 'Trichocereus'". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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