Carnegiea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Carnegiea
Species: C. gigantea
Name

Carnegiea Britton & Rose, 1908

Type: Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Homonyms

Carnegiea Perkins in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 101(Heft 49): 37 (1911), nom. illeg. vide Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. in Char. Gen. Pl.: 127 (1776)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern USA
Arizona, California
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1908: J. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 187.

Additional references

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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Carnegiea 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 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. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Carnegiea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Carnegiea. 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.

Vernacular names
polski: Karnegia
svenska: Saguarokaktusar