Pachycereeae

Taxobox
name = Pachycereeae

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Pachycereus pringlei"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
subfamilia = Cactoideae
tribus = Pachycereeae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Pachycereeae is a tribe of 15 genera of columnar cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. They are native to Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States.

;Genera
*"Acanthocereus" (Engelm. ex A.Berger) Britton & Rose - triangle cactus
*"Bergerocactus" Britton & Rose - snake cactus
*"Carnegiea" Britton & Rose - saguaro
*"Cephalocereus" Pfeiff. - old man cactus
*"Corryocactus" Britton & Rose
*"Echinocereus" Engelm. - hedgehog cactus
*"Escontria" Rose
*"Leptocereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
*"Myrtillocactus" Console
*"Neobuxbaumia" Backeb.
*"Pachycereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
*"Peniocereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
*"Polaskia" Backeb.
*"Pseudoacanthocereus" F.Ritter
*"Stenocereus" (A.Berger) Riccob.

;Hybrids
*"× Myrtgerocactus" Moran ("Myrtillocactus" × "Bergerocactus")
*"× Pacherocactus" G.D.Rowley ("Pachycereus" × "Bergerocactus")

References

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?1905 Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pachycereeae]