Cereus (Cactaceae)

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenera:
C. subg. Cereus –
C. subg. Ebneria –
C. subg. Oblongicarpi –
C. subg. Mirabella
Species: C. aethiops –
C. albicaulis –
C. alex-bragae –
C. ayisyen –
C. bicolor –
C. cochabambensis –
C. comarapanus –
C. estevesii –
C. fernambucensis –
C. forbesii –
C. fricii –
C. gerardi –
C. hankeanus –
C. hexagonus –
C. hildmannianus –
C. horrispinus –
C. huilunchu –
C. ingens –
C. insularis –
C. jamacaru –
C. lamprospermus –
C. lanosus –
C. lepidotus –
C. mirabella –
C. mortensenii –
C. pachyrrhizus –
C. phatnospermus –
C. pierre-braunianus –
C. repandus –
C. saddianus –
C. spegazzinii –
C. spinibarbis –
C. stenogonus –
C. tacuaralensis –
C. trigonodendron –
C. vargasianus –
C. yungasensis
Name
[edit]Cereus Mill. (1754)
- Type species: Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. vide Britton & Rose (1920)
Synonyms
[edit]- Heterotypic
- Cirinosum Neck., Elem. Bot. 2: 84 (1790), opus utique oppr.
- Estevesia P.J.Braun, Kakteen And. Sukk. 60: 64 (2009)
- 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
- × Cerevillea G.D.Rowley, Nation. Cact. Succ. J. (U.K.) 37(2): 48. (1982)
Note: The species circumscription and synonymy differ between sources below, but the core combinations are the same. Unplaced and uncertain species have been excluded and see CACO/POWO for these combinations
Distribution
[edit]Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page. : ed. 4.
Additional references
[edit]- Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 2 : 3.
- Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Reference page.
- Romeiro-Brito, M., Taylor, N.P., Zappi, D.C., Telhe, M.C., Franco, F.F. & Moraes, E.M. 2023. Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing. Annals of Botany 132(5): 989-1006. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad153
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Cereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 10. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 10. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2021. Cereus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cereus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 10 2025. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2021. Cereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Mar 2021. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Cereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 31.
Vernacular names
[edit]- suomi: Pylväskaktukset
- Nederlands: Zuilcactus
- polski: Pałczak
- svenska: Pelarkaktussläktet