Pterocereus

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus:
Species: P. gaumeri

Pterocereus T.MacDoug. & Miranda, Ceiba 4: 135 (1954), sec. Franco-Estrada & al. (2021).

• Type species: Pterocereus gaumeri (Britton y Rose) T.MacDoug. & Miranda, Ceiba 4: 140 (1954).
• monotypic taxon

• MacDougall, T.B. & Miranda, F 1954. Ceiba; a Scientific Journal Issued by the Escuela Agricola Panamericana 4: 135.

• Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias Montes, S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903–916. DOI: 10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0 Reference page. 

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2023. Pterocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2023 April 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pterocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 February 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pterocereus. Published online. Accessed: 10 April 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pterocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 April 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Pterocereus. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 February 20. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pterocereus. Accessed: 2025 February 20.

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