Taxon:  Stenocereus gummosus (Engelm.) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak



Summary
Genus:
Stenocereus
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Echinocereeae
Nomen number:
443680
Place of publication:
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:1007.  1979
Verified:
03/03/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cereus gummosus Engelm.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cereus cumengei F. A. C. Weber

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Stenoocereus gummosus (K. Brandegee) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdagger cactus  1Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Stenoocereus gummosus (K. Brandegee) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak
Spanishpitahaya agria  2Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Stenoocereus gummosus (K. Brandegee) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak
Spanishpitayo agrio  2Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Stenoocereus gummosus (K. Brandegee) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja 0
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja]

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsfish Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Stenoocereus gummosus (K. Brandegee) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=443680. Accessed 13 October 2026.