Trichocereus macrogonus
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Trichocereus macrogonus, synonym Echinopsis macrogonus, is a species of cactus found in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.[2] Two varieties are accepted as of September 2023[update]: var. macrogonus and var. pachanoi. Plants contain varying amounts of the psychoactive alkaloid mescaline. They have been used both ritually and in traditional medicine from pre-Columbian times. Trichocereus macrogonus is one of a number of similar species that may be called San Pedro cactus. Indigenous names include achuma and huachuma, although these too may be applied to similar species.
Trichocereus macrogonus | |
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Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi – the tall cactus in the mid-foreground, in its natural habitat in Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Trichocereus |
Species: | T. macrogonus |
Binomial name | |
Trichocereus macrogonus | |
Synonyms | |
Of the species:[2]
Of T. macrogonus var. macrogonus:[3]
Of T. macrogonus var. pachanoi:[4]
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