Cereus (Cactaceae)

Cereus hexagonus

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 – C. subg. Monvillea
Species overview: C. albicaulis – C. aethiops – C. bicolor – C. estevesii – C. fernambucensis – C. forbesii – C. fricii – C. hexagonus – C. hildmannianus – C. horrispinus – 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. stenogonus – C. trigonodendron – C. vargasianus – C. yungasensis

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cereus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31. Reference page.

Name

Cereus Mill. (1754)

• Lectotype species:  Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. vide Britton & Rose (1920)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Piptanthocereus (A.Berger) Riccob., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 8: 225. 1909.
• Heterotypic
  • × Cerevillea G.D.Rowley, Nation. Cact. Succ. J. (U.K.) 37(2): 48. 1982.
    • Formula hybridae: Cereus Mill. × Monvillea Britton & Rose
  • Monvillea Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 21. 1920.
    • Type species: Monvillea cavendishii (Monv.) Britton & Rose
  • Praecereus Buxb., Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen 44(2): 273. 1968.
    • Type species: Praecereus smithianus (Britton & Rose) Buxb.
  • Cirinosum Neck.
  • Estevesia P.J.Braun
  • Praepilosocereus Guiggi
  • Subpilocereus Backeb.

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

• 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

• 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.
• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Febr 15 [1].
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cereus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cereus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 31.
• Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Cereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 31.

Vernacular names

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

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