MESCALINE-BEARING CACTI
Family:
Cactaceae
Genus:
Gymnocalycium
Species:
gibbosum: Native to Argentina
leeanum: Native to Argentina, Uruquay
Genus:
Islaya
Species:
minor: Native to South Peru
Genus:
Lophophora
Species:
diffusa (Peyote): Native to Mexico
williamsii (Peyote, Mescal,Chaute etc.): the classic Peyote, grows in north central Mexico and south Texas.
Genus:
Opuntia
Species:
imbricata: Native to S-W USA to Central Mexico.
spinosior: Native to Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico.
Genus:
Pelecyphora
Species:
aselliformis (Peyotillo, Peyote meco): Native to San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Genus:
Pereskia
Species:
corrugata
tampicana: Native to Tampico, Mexico.
Genus:
Pereskiopsis
Species:
scandens: Native to Yucatan, Mexico.
Genus:
Stetsonia
Species:
coryne: Native to Northwestern Argentina.
Genus:
Trichocereus
Species:
cuzcoensis: Native to Cuzco, Peru.
fulvianus: Native to Chile.
macrogonus: Native to South America.
pachanoi (San Pedro, Giganton): Native to Peru, Equador.
peruvianus (Peruvian Fence Post): Native to Peru.
scopulicola
taquimbalensis: Native to Bolivia.
terscheckii (Cardon grande): Native to Northwestern Argentina.
validus: Native to Bolivia.
werdermannianus: Native to Tupiza & Charcoma, Bolivia.
Description:
Trichocerei are columnar, branched or candelabra like cacti, which usually grow very fast. Cereus is a different genus, whose members haven't been found to contain mescaline.
