Armatocereus Armatocereus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 21. 1938 sec. Hunt 20061Type: Armatocereus laetus (Kunth) Backeb.1. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh booksContentTaxon standing Taxon standing Category C. The genus is probably monophyletic, but only some of the species were sampled in phylogenetic studies, too few to reliably establish its monophyly.
