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.

Taxonomy

The first description was published in 1884 by William Botting Hemsley. [6] A nomenclatural synonym is Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose (1920).

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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). p. 106. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  6. ↑ 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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