Pachycereus grandis

Botanical Description

Pachycereus grandis is a spiny, leafless, densely-branchd, tree-like succulent cactus usually growing up to 10 metres tall, exceptionally to 25 metres. It forms a main trunk around 30 - 130cm high and 17 - 25cm in diameter (exceptionally to 100cm) with up to 45 upright branches forming a candelabra-like shape[ 1986 Title Taxonomic Revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae) Publication Systematic Botany, 34(1):68-83. 2009 Author Arias S. & Terrazas T. Website http:// http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1600/036364409787602384 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive paper, it also lists plant uses. , 1987 Title The Cactus Family Publication Author Anderson E.F. Publisher Timber Press; Portland, Oregon Year 2001 ISBN 0-88192-498-9 Description An excellent work, giving botanical descriptions of virtually all the cacti, together with their range (but not their habitats) and sometimes also a photo. it also contains a long chapter detailing the many uses of cacti and another on cultivation.. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The population of Pachycereus grandis is severely fragmented and there is a continuing decline in both the quality of the habitat due to livestock impacts and the number of mature individuals due to urban expansion and lack of recruitment. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].