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This article is about the genus of cactus. For other uses, see Cereus (disambiguation).
Cereus Cereus peruvianus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Cereeae Genus: Cereus
Mill.[1]Species See text
Synonyms Mirabella F.Ritter
Piptanthocereus (A.Berger) Riccob.
Subpilocereus Backeb.[1]Cereus is a genus of cactus. The term cereus is also used to describe cacti with very elongated bodies, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti. Cereus is from the Greek and Latin meaning "torch".
Cereus genera include: Armatocereus, Arthrocereus, Cephalocereus, Echinocereus, Haageocereus, Hylocereus, Jasminocereus, Leptocereus, Micranthocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Oreocereus, Pilosocereus, Pygmaeocereus, Rauhocereus, Selenicereus, Stenocereus, Weberbauerocereus, and Trichocereus.
Genus Cereus is one of the oldest cactus genera, and the circumscription varies depending on the authority.
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Selected species
- Cereus adelmarii
- Cereus aethiops Haw.
- Cereus bicolor
- Cereus chalybaeus Hort. ex Forst.
- Cereus comarapanus Cárdenas
- Cereus elegans
- Cereus fernambucensis Lem.
- Cereus fricii
- Cereus hankeanus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
- Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
- Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum.
- Cereus hildmannianus subsp. hildmannianus
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- Cereus hildmannianus subsp. uruguayanus (R. Kiesling) N.P.Taylor
- Cereus horrispinus
- Cereus jamacaru DC.
- Cereus mirabella N.P.Taylor
- Cereus pachyrhizus
- Cereus peruvianus
- Cereus repandus (L.) Mill.
- Cereus spegazzinii
- Cereus stenogonus K. Schum.
- Cereus trigonodendron
- Cereus tweediei
- Cereus vargasianus[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Genus: Cereus Mill.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-02-13. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?2318. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Cereus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2318. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
External links
Categories:- Cacti
- Plant morphology
- Invasive plant species in South Africa
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