Taxon: Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• cardón   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• cardón grande   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• cavul   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  
• pasacana   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide Cact Fam)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Cact Fam)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia
  Southern South America: Argentina - Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman; Chile

References:

• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999 [= Trichocereus atacamensis (Phil.) Backeb.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Echinopsis atacamensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Echinopsis atacamensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Echinopsis atacamensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cereus atacamensis Phil. (basionym)
  
• (=) Echinopsis pasacana (F. A. C. Weber ex Rümpler) H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley
  
• (=) Pilocereus pasacanus F. A. C. Weber ex Rümpler
  
• (≡) Trichocereus atacamensis (Phil.) W. T. Marshall & T. M. Bock
  

Check other web resources for Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) H. Friedrich & G. D. Rowley:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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