{{Short description|Former genus of cacti}} {{Italic title}} '''''Trichocereus''''' is a formerly recognized [[genus]] of [[Cactus|cacti]] [[native species|native]] to South America (Bolivia, northern Chile, Ecuador and Peru). {{As of|2025|November}}, it was considered by [[Plants of the World Online]] to be a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of the genus ''[[Echinopsis]]''.<ref name=POWO_289363-2>{{cite web | title=''Trichocereus'' (A.Berger) Riccob. | website=Plants of the World Online | date=2018-05-28 | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:289363-2 | access-date=2025-08-05}}</ref>
==Species== Species previously placed in the genus ''Trichocereus'' include:<ref name=POWO_Trichocereus>{{Cite web |title=Search for 'Trichocereus' |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Trichocereus |access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref> *''Trichocereus macrogonus'' {{small|(Salm-Dyck) Riccob.}} → ''[[Echinopsis macrogona]]'' *''Trichocereus spinibarbis'' {{small|(Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.Ritter}} → ''[[Echinopsis spinibarbis]]'' *''Trichocereus uyupampensis'' {{small|Backeb.}} → ''[[Echinopsis uyupampensis]]''
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[[Category:Historically recognized angiosperm genera]] [[Category:Cereeae]]