Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenera: C. subg. Cereus C. subg. Ebneria C. subg. Mirabella
Species overview: C. aethiops C. albicaulis C. ayisyen C. bicolor C. cochabambensis C. comarapanus C. estevesii C. fernambucensis C. forbesii C. fricii C. hankeanus C. hexagonus C. hildmannianus C. horrispinus C. huilunchu C. insularis C. jamacaru C. lamprospermus C. lanosus C. mirabella C. mortensenii C. pachyrrhizus C. phatnospermus C. pierre-braunianus C. repandus C. saddianus C. spegazzinii C. stenogonus C. tacuaralensis C. trigonodendron C. vargasianus C. yungasensis

Source(s) of checklist: 
  • Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 27. Reference page. 

Name

Cereus Mill. (1754)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Piptanthocereus (A.Berger) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 225. (1909)
    • Subpilocereus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 8, 13, 18, 25. (1938)
      • Type: Subpilocereus russellianus (Hort.Berol. ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
    • Mirabella F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 108. (1979)
      • Type: Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
    • Praepilosocereus Guiggi in Cactology 2: 18. 2010
    • Cirinosum Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 84. 1790, nom. inval.
    • × Cerevillea G.D.Rowley, Nation. Cact. Succ. J. (U.K.) 37(2): 48. (1982)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, East Himalaya, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
  • Introduced into:
    • Assam, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Free State, India, Italy, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Spain, Swaziland, Tunisia, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

suomi: Pylväskaktukset
Nederlands: Zuilcactus
polski: Pałczak
svenska: Pelarkaktussläktet
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