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Pachycereus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q136590
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Pachycereus

Summary

Pachycereus is a taxon[1]. Pachycereus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pachycereus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pachycereus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pachycereus is classified within Pachycereeae[5].
  • Pachycereus belongs to the parent taxon Echinocereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pachycereus is Pachycereus[7].
  • Pachycereus's Commons category is recorded as Pachycereus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Pachycereus is Cereus pringlei[9].
  • Pachycereus's has basionym is recorded as Cereus subg. Pachycereus[10].
  • Pachycereus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pachycereus[11].
  • Pachycereus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8722[12].
  • Pachycereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pachycereus'}[13].
  • Pachycereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pilarikaktukset'}[14].
  • Pachycereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Krusbärspelarkaktussläktet'}[15].
  • Pachycereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '摩天柱属'}[16].

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Classification

Pachycereus's scientific name is Pachycereus[7]. Pachycereus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Pachycereeae[5] and Echinocereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Pachycereus is Cereus pringlei[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pachycereus'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pilarikaktukset'}[14], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Krusbärspelarkaktussläktet'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '摩天柱属'}[16].

Identifiers

Pachycereus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 156664[17]. Pachycereus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 154434[18]. Pachycereus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 21204165[19]. Pachycereus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084407[20]. Pachycereus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500460[21].

Why It Matters

Pachycereus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2] Pachycereus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Pachycereus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pachycereeae, Echinocereinae
    Has basionym → Cereus subg. Pachycereus
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007572526505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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