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Lophocereus
Pachycereus is a genus of 9–12 species of large cacti native to Mexico and just into southern Arizona, United States. They form large shrubs or small trees up to 15 m or more tall, with stout stems up to 1 m in diameter.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
senita cactus
speciesLophocereus schottii
Mexican Fence Post Cactus
speciesLophocereus marginatus
Lophocereus gatesii
speciesLophocereus gatesii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208677.