Stenocereus beneckei(Ehrenb.) A.Berger & Buxb.

WFO wfo-0001256507 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. a Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-01-09 / obs. 30784619
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. b Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201783004
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. c Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201718246
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. d Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201718446
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. e Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201718797
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. f Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201785021
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. g Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201783634
Stenocereus beneckei, photographed by Rafael Cano
fig. h Rafael Cano, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201783523

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Stenocereus beneckei is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Stenocereus beneckei, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cereus beneckei Ehrenb.
  • Cereus beneckei var. farinosus (Haage ex Salm-Dyck) Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus farinosus Haage ex Salm-Dyck
  • Echinocactus farinosus C.F.Först.
  • Hertrichocereus beneckei (Ehrenb.) Backeb.
  • Lemaireocereus beneckei (Ehrenb.) Britton & Rose
  • Piptanthocereus beneckei (Ehrenb.) Riccob.
  • Rathbunia beneckei (Ehrenb.) P.V.Heath
  • Rathbunia beneckei f. cristatus P.V.Heath
  • Stenocereus beneckei f. cristatus (P.V.Heath) P.V.Heath

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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