Trichocereus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Trichocereus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Trichocereus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Trichocereus
Trichocereus is a formerly recognized genus of cacti native to South America (Bolivia, northern Chile, Ecuador and Peru). As of November 2025, it was considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of the genus Echinopsis.
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Parent Taxon
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