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Pachycereus in languages:

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torch cacti

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パキケレウス属

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Parent Taxon

• Cactaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Backebergia
• Bergerocactus
• Carnegiea
• Cephalocereus
• Corryocactus
• Dendrocereus
• Echinocereus
• Escontria
• Isolatocereus
• Lemaireocereus
• Leptocereus
• Lophocereus
• Marshallocereus
• Morangaya
• Myrtillocactus
• Nyctocereus
• Pachycereus
• Peniocereus
• Polaskia
• Pseudoacanthocereus
• Pseudomitrocereus
• Pterocereus
• Stenocereus
• × Pachebergia

Child Taxa

• Pachycereus eichlamii
• Pachycereus grandis
• Pachycereus lepidanthus
• Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
• Pachycereus pringlei
• Pachycereus tepamo
• Pachycereus weberi

Top Observation Places

• Cabo San Lucas
• Jiutepec
• Temixco