Carnegiea | |
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Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro) at Saguaro National Park | |
Conservation status | |
Taxonomy | |
Kingdom | |
Phylum/Division | |
Class | |
Order |
Caryophyllales |
Family |
Cactaceae |
Subfamily |
Cactoideae |
Tribe | |
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.