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Parent Taxon

• Cactaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthocalycium
• Arthrocereus
• Aylostera
• Borzicactus
• Brachycereus
• Cleistocactus
• Cremnocereus
• Denmoza
• Discocactus
• Echinopsis
• Espostoa
• Espostoopsis
• Facheiroa
• Gymnocalycium
• Haageocereus
• Harrisia
• Lasiocereus
• Leocereus
• Lobivia
• Loxanthocereus
• Matucana
• Mila
• Oreocereus
• Oroya
• Pygmaeocereus
• Rauhocereus
• Rebutia
• Reicheocactus
• Samaipaticereus
• Setiechinopsis
• Trichocereus
• Vatricania
• Weberbauerocereus
• Yungasocereus
• × Haagespostoa
• × Harrisinopsis
• × Oreonopsis

Child Taxa

• Trichocereus angelesiae
• Trichocereus arboricolus
• Trichocereus atacamensis
• Trichocereus bertramianus
• Trichocereus bolligerianus
• Trichocereus bridgesii
• Trichocereus cabrerae
• Trichocereus camarguensis
• Trichocereus candicans
• Trichocereus caulescens
• Trichocereus chalaensis
• Trichocereus chiloensis
• Trichocereus clavatus
• Trichocereus cuzcoensis
• Trichocereus deserticola
• Trichocereus faundezii
• Trichocereus hahnianus
• Trichocereus huascha
• Trichocereus macrogonus
• Trichocereus nigripilis
• Trichocereus quadratiumbonatus
• Trichocereus rowleyi
• Trichocereus sandiensis
• Trichocereus schickendantzii
• Trichocereus schoenii
• Trichocereus serpentinus
• Trichocereus skottsbergii
• Trichocereus smrzianus
• Trichocereus spachianus
• Trichocereus strigosus
• Trichocereus tacaquirensis
• Trichocereus tarijensis
• Trichocereus terscheckii
• Trichocereus thelegonoides
• Trichocereus thelegonus
• Trichocereus tulhuayacensis
• Trichocereus tunariensis
• Trichocereus undulosus
• Trichocereus uyupampensis
• Trichocereus vasquezii
• Trichocereus vollianus
• Trichocereus walteri
• Trichocereus werdermannianus

Top Observation Places

• Torrance
• La Mesa
• Coquimbo
• La Serena