Armatocereus riomajensis

Armatocereus riomajensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Armatocereus
Species:

Name

Armatocereus riomajensis Rauh & Backeb., 1957 ["1956"]
Note: POWO (2025) places this taxon in their synonymy of Armatocereus matucanensis Backeb., in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 176, 411 (1936), whereas CACO (2021) and Hassler (2025) accepts its segregation, Tropicos (2025) is ambivalent.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • S.Peru

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • español: Sarasanqui
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