-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies (Order Caryophyllales)

-Cacti (Family Cactaceae)

-Globular Cacti, Moonlight Cacti, Torch Cacti, and Allies (Subfamily Cactoideae)

-Tribe Pachycereae

-Pitayas (Genus Stenocereus)

-Stenocereus chrysocarpus

Stenocereus standleyi is a columnar or tree-like cacti. The native range of this species is W. Mexico. It is a tree and grows primarily in the dry shrubland biome.