PLANTS Profile for Carnegiea gigantea (saguaro)

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PLANTS Profile

Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
saguaro

Symbol:

CAGI10

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, AZ, Maricopa Co. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

CAGI7: Characteristics
CAGI7: Plant Guide (pdf) (doc)

Images:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Synonyms:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

	CAGI7	Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, orth. var.		saguaro
	CEGI	Cereus giganteus Engelm.

Distribution:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 1 species in Carnegiea

Classification:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Carnegiea Britton & Rose – saguaro
Species	Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – saguaro

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Carnegia gigantea
"crested" or "fantop" form only, saguaro		Highly Safeguarded, Salvage restricted

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

More Accounts and Images:
Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506151.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 06:43 AM MST