- Oreocereus
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Oreocereus A small O. celsianus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Trichocereeae Genus: Oreocereus
(A.Berger) Riccob.Species Oreocereus celsianus - old man of the Andes
Oreocereus doelzianus
Oreocereus fossulatus
Oreocereus hendriksenianus
Oreocereus leucotrichus
Oreocereus maximus
Oreocereus ritteri
Oreocereus trollii
Oreocereus variicolor
etc.Oreocereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), known only from high altitudes of the Andes. Its name was formed from Greek and means "mountain cereus".
Synonymy
The following genera have been included in this genus:
Categories:- Cacti
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