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Pachycereeae

Pachycereeae
Echinocereus-engelmannii-20080330-2.JPG
Echinocereus engelmannii growing on Carnegiea gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Pachycereeae
Type genus
Pachycereus
(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Genera

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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.


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