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Cereus
Cereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) including around 33 species of large columnar cacti from South America. The name is derived from Greek (κηρός) and Latin words meaning "wax" or "torch". The genus Cereus was one of the first cactus genera to be described; the circumscription varies depending on the authority. The term "cereus" is also sometimes used for a ceroid cactus, any cactus with a very elongated body, including columnar growth cacti and...
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Andes organ pipe cactus
speciesCereus hildmannianus
Queen-of-the-night
speciesCereus jamacaru
Venezuelan apple cactus
speciesCereus repandus
lady-of-the-night cactus
speciesCereus hexagonus
Cereus aethiops
speciesCereus aethiops
Cereus fernambucensis
speciesCereus fernambucensis
Cereus lepidotus
speciesCereus lepidotus
Cereus stenogonus
speciesCereus stenogonus
Cereus forbesii
speciesCereus forbesii
Cereus hankeanus
speciesCereus hankeanus
Cereus bicolor
speciesCereus bicolor
Cereus phatnospermus
speciesCereus phatnospermus
Cereus insularis
speciesCereus insularis
Cereus spegazzinii
speciesCereus spegazzinii
Cereus albicaulis
speciesCereus albicaulis
Cereus mirabella
speciesCereus mirabella
Cereus horrispinus
speciesCereus horrispinus
Cereus lanosus
speciesCereus lanosus
Cereus vargasianus
speciesCereus vargasianus
Cereus trigonodendron
speciesCereus trigonodendron
Cereus pierre-braunianus
speciesCereus pierre-braunianus
Cereus fricii
speciesCereus fricii
Cereus yungasensis
speciesCereus yungasensis
Cereus ingens
speciesCereus ingens
Cereus gerardi
speciesCereus gerardi
Cereus alex-bragae
speciesCereus alex-bragae
Cereus haitiensis
speciesCereus haitiensis
Cereus mortensenii
speciesCereus mortensenii
Cereus lamprospermus
speciesCereus lamprospermus
Cereus saddianus
speciesCereus saddianus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.46
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.150
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.154
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.120
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.152
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.588
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cereus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 49048.