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Peniocereus
Peniocereus is a genus of vining cacti, comprising about 18 species, found from the southwestern United States and Mexico. They have a large underground tuber, thin and inconspicuous stems. Its name comes from the prefix penio- (from the Latin penis, meaning ‘tail’) and Cereus, the large genus from which it was split.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gregg's Nightblooming Cereus
speciesPeniocereus greggii
Dahlia-Root Cereus
speciesPeniocereus striatus
Arizona night-blooming cereus
speciesPeniocereus johnstonii
Peniocereus marianus
speciesPeniocereus marianus
Peniocereus viperinus
speciesPeniocereus viperinus
Peniocereus lazaro-cardenasii
speciesPeniocereus lazaro-cardenasii
Peniocereus papillosus
speciesPeniocereus papillosus
Peniocereus zopilotensis
speciesPeniocereus zopilotensis
Peniocereus canoensis
speciesPeniocereus canoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 156640.