Cereus insularis

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Cereus insularis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Cereus
Species:
C. insularis
Binomial name
Cereus insularis
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Monvillea insularis(Hemsl.) Britton & Rose
  • Cereus ridleiiAndrade-Lima ex Backeb.

Cereus insularis is a species of columnar cactus in the family Cactaceae . [2] [3] It is found in Brazil. [4]

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Description

Cereus insularis grows as a shrub with deep green shoots that are 2 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are often branched. There are six to eight straight ribs. The gray areoles on it are close together. The resulting 12 to 15 unequal, slender, needle-like spines are brownish yellow to greyish brown and up to 1.2 (rarely up to 3) centimeters long. [5]

Distribution

Cereus insularis is found in coastal areas of the islands belonging to Brazil in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.

phylogeny

Source: [6]

cereus ingens

Cereus fernambucensis

Cereus insularis

Taxonomy

The first description was published in 1884 by William Botting Hemsley. [7] A nomenclatural synonym is Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose (1920).

References

  1. ↑ Braun, P.; Machado, M.; Taylor, N.P. (2020). "Cereus insularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T152342A183112289. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T152342A183112289.en . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Cereus insularis Hemsl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Cereus insularis Hemsl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Name - Cereus insularis Cárdenas". Tropicos. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Ulmer. p. 106. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Nigel P.; Zappi, Daniela C.; Romeiro-Brito, Monique; Telhe, Milena C.; Franco, Fernando F.; Moraes, Evandro M. (2023). "A phylogeny of Cereus (Cactaceae) and the placement and description of two new species" . Taxon. 72 (6): 1321–1333. Bibcode:2023Taxon..72.1321T. doi:10.1002/tax.13103. ISSN   1996-8175.
  7. ↑ Buchan, Alexander; Huxley, Thomas Henry; Murray, John; Nares, George S.; Nares, George Strong; Pelseneer, Paul; Thomson, C. Wyville; Thomson, Frank Tourle; Thomson, Frank Tourle (1880). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Edinburgh: Neill. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6513.
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