Carnegiea gigantea

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Carnegiea
Species: Carnegiea gigantea

Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, 1908

• Cereus giganteus Engelm. in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 14: 335-337. 1852 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Pilocereus giganteus (Engelm.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 662. 1885 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
  • Carnegiea gigantea f. cristata P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 108. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N., 1908. Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. Lancaster, PA 9:188, t. 32.

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Carnegiea gigantea in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Carnegiea gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Carnegiea gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Carnegiea gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Carnegiea gigantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carnegiea gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

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