Stenocereus
Stenocereus in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 253. 1909, nom. cons., sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Cereus subg. Stenocereus in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 66. 1905 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Stenocereus stellatus
- =Rathbunia in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 414. 1909 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Rathbunia sonorensis
- =Machaerocereus, Cactaceae 2: 114. 1920 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Machaerocereus eruca
- =Ritterocereus in Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1941: 76. 1942 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Ritterocereus standleyi
- =Hertrichocereus in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 153. 1950 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Hertrichocereus beneckei
- =Stenocereus subg. Nigellicereus in Calyx 5(3): 100. 1996 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- ≡Nigellicereus in Calyx 6: 1. 1998 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Type: not designated
- =Glandulicereus in Cactology 3: 6. 2012 syn. sec. Arias 2021
- Type: Glandulicereus thurberi
- –Griseocactus in Cactology 3 (Suppl. I): 1. 2012, nom. inval., syn. sec. Arias 2021
- Type: Griseocactus fimbriatus
- –Griseocereus in Cactology 3: 7. 2012, nom. inval., syn. sec. Arias 2021
- Type: Griseocereus fimbriatus
Taxon standing
Category B. The genus is monophyletic based on phylogenetic studies that support the clade based on a sufficiently dense or even complete sampling, or support a monotypic genus as a distinct lineage, but do not provide a new taxonomic treatment at the species level. In many cases, older classical taxonomic synopses or a monographic treatment exist for these genera providing a reliable assessment of the species included.
Notes
Phylogenetics: Stenocereus is a monophyletic genus if S. aragonii and S. eichlamii are excluded. The exclusion of S. dumortieri is still poorly supported, while retention of S. yunckeri is ambiguous; contains at least four clades (Alvarado-Sizzo et al. 2018; Alvarado-Sizzo et al. 2019; Arreola-Nava & Terrazas 2003). Stenocereus is one of the most diverse in Echinocereeae, in stem and flower morphology. Its greatest taxonomic diversity is found in south-central Mexico.A
Bibliography
A. Arias, S. 2021: Revisions of Acanthocereus, Aporocactus, Astrophytum, Bergerocactus, Cephalocereus, Disocactus, Marshallocereus, Nyctocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Pereskiopsis, Selenicereus, Stenocereus, Strophocactus. – In: Korotkova N. & al., Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. – Willdenowia 51: 251-270