Echinopsis Genus

[-neptune-]

Hey all, I have a [another]Q for all you guys out there in TV-land.


Anyone know about which sp of Echinopsis cactus genus are mescaline containing? I know the trichocereus was just subsumed by the Echinopsis genus, which has a lot of botanists up in arms at the creation of the monstrously large "echinopsis" category...

 

[JBrandon]

This info is all over the net my man... A Google search should take care of it for you.

There are a lot of weird strains out there but the big three everyone goes for are the T. pachanoi, T. peruvianus, and T. bridgesii.

 

[solistus]

Be careful telling people to just Google it when you haven't done so yourself recently

As the OP indicated, he's asking about recent changes to the classification of these plants. The names you listed are no longer the preferred scientific names. The T. part is for Trichocereus, which used to be its own genus until it was merged with Echinopsis, a very large genus of 'sea urchin cacti' (named for the large number of spines).

Trichocereus peruvianus is now Echinopsis peruviana.
Trichocereus pachanoi is now Echinopsis pachanoi.
Trichocereus bridgesii is now Echinopsis lageniformis (as there is already an Echinopsis bridgesii, which is an entirely different species).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinopsis

 

[-neptune-]

^_^ Thanks solistus. I was beginning to think no one was going to answer this Q. So it is safe to assume then that not just any species of echinopsis is psychoactive, but only the ones who have been subsumed from
Trichocereus, yes?