Chico

Description

Pachycereus weberi is a species of flowering plant. It was first described by John Merle Coulter, and given the exact name of Curt Backeberg. Pachycereus weberi belongs to the genus Pachycereus, and family Cactaceae. Pachycereus is a genus of 9–12 species of large cacti native to Mexico and just into southern Arizona, United States. They form large shrubs or small trees up to 15 m tall, with stout stems up to 1 m in diameter. Pachycereus comes from the ancient Greek (pachys) meaning "thick" and the Latin cereus meaning "torch".