Lemaireocereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Lemaireocereus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 424 (1909).

Type species: Lemaireocereus hollianus (F.A.C.Weber ex J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 425 (1909).

Homotypic
- Pachycereus subg. Lemaireocereus (Britton & Rose) Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(4): 119 (1972).
- Pachycereus sect. Lemaireocereus (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 106 (1992).
Heterotypic
- Anisocereus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [21] (1938), p.p. see also Pachycereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 420 (1909).
  - Pachycereus sect. Anisocereus (Backeb.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 108 (1992).
    - Type species: Anisocereus lepidanthus (Eichlam) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941, Pt. 2, 47 (1942).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Arias, S., Terrazas, T. & Cameron, K.M. 2003. Phylogenetic Analysis of Pachycereus (Cactaceae, Pachycereeae) based on Chloroplast and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany 28(3): 547–557. DOI: 10.1043/02-17.1 PDF. Reference page.
Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page.
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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lemaireocereus. Accessed: 2025 July 23.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lemaireocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Lemaireocereus. 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 December 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lemaireocereus. Published online. Accessed: 16 December 2021. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Lemaireocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Lemaireocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 December 2021. Reference page.