Taxon:  Stenocereus queretaroensis (F. A. C. Weber) Buxb.



Summary
Genus:
Stenocereus
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Echinocereeae
Nomen number:
403116
Place of publication:
Bot. Stud. 12:101.  1961
Verified:
10/27/1995 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 queretaroensis F. A. C. Weber

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lemaireocereus queretaroensis (F. A. C. Weber) Saff.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
  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. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  5. Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist
  6. Pimienta-Barrios, E. & P. S. Nobel. 1994. Pitaya (Stenocereus spp., Cactaceae): an ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 48:76-83.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Spanishpitaya  2Pimienta-Barrios, E. & P. S. Nobel. 1994. Pitaya (Stenocereus spp., Cactaceae): an ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 48:76-83.
Spanishpitaya de Querétaro  2Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro 0
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Zacatecas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Querétaro]

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Pimienta-Barrios, E. & P. S. Nobel. 1994. Pitaya (Stenocereus spp., Cactaceae): an ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 48:76-83.
Human foodfruit Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
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=403116. Accessed 19 October 2026.