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Carnegiea
Saguaro cactus in Arizona
Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro) at Saguaro National Park
Conservation status
Taxonomy
Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum/Division

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Cactaceae

Subfamily

Cactoideae

Tribe

Pachycereeae

Genus

Carnegiea

Naming and discovery
Botanist

Britton & Rose

Carnegiea is a monotypic genus of cacti in the Cactoideae subfamily. It consists of one species, Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro), which is native to North America.

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