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Taxon:  Pachycereus militaris (Audot) D. R. Hunt



Summary
Genus:
Pachycereus
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Echinocereeae
Nomen number:
319218
Place of publication:
Bradleya 5:93. 1987
Verified:
12/06/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cereus militaris Audot

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Backebergia militaris (Audot) Sánchez-Mej.
Cephalocereus militaris (Audot) H. E. Moore
Mitrocereus militaris (Audot) Buxb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pachycereus chrysomallus (Lem.) Britton & Rose
Pilocereus chrysomallus Lem.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Anderson, E. F. et al. 1994. Threatened cacti of Mexico.
  3. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
  4. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Common names
English
golden-fleece –
military-cap –
teddy-bear cactus –
Swedish
soldatpelarkaktus –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán de Ocampo]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319218. Accessed 24 April 2025.