| Cereus phatnospermus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cereus |
| Species: | C. phatnospermus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cereus phatnospermus K.Schum. [2] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Cereus phatnospermus, synonym Cereus kroenleinii, [2] is a species of columnar cactus found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. [3]
Cereus phatnospermus grows shrubby with creeping or ascending shoots. The long, cylindrical, dark green, strongly glaucid shoots are initially square in cross-section and later almost circular. They are 1 to 4 meters long and have a diameter of up to 2.5 centimeters. There are four, rarely five, ribs present, which are clearly divided into bumps. The circular areoles on it have long, woolly hair. The otherwise separate areoles flow together in the area of the shoot tip. The very thin, needle-like prickly spines are dark brown with a yellow base. The single central spine is 2 to 3 centimeters long. The five radial spines are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The lowest radial spine is the shortest.
The white flowers are 9 to 10 centimeters long. Their bracts have pink tips. The egg-shaped, ruby-red fruits are tinged with purple and are up to 3.7 centimeters long. [4]
Cereus kroenleinii is distributed in Brazil in Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraguay, in eastern Bolivia and in northern Argentina.
The first description was published in 1994 by Roberto Kiesling. However, it was invalid because no holotype was specified. This was made up for a year later by Nigel Paul Taylor. Other nomenclatural synonyms are Cereus kroeneinii (R.Kiesling) P.J.Braun & Esteves(1995), Cereus phatnospermus subsp. kroenleinii (N.P.Taylor) P.J.Braun & Esteves (1997) and Monvillea phatnosperma subsp. kroenleinii (N.P.Taylor) Lodé (2013).
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Mirabella minensis, synonym Cereus mirabella, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cipocereus bradei is a species of cactus. It is endemic to the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Cereus ( "serious") is a genus of cacti including around 33 species of large columnar cacti from South America. The name is derived from Greek (κηρός) and Latin words meaning "wax", "torch" or "candle". 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 epiphytic cacti.
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Cereus jamacaru, known as mandacaru or cardeiro, is a cactus native to central and eastern Brazil. It often grows up to 6 metres high.
Cereus spegazzinii is a species of cactus found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.
Cereus aethiops is a species of cactus found from Uruguay to Argentina.
Cereus fricii is a species of Cereus from Venezuela.
Oreocereus trollii, commonly known as the Old Man of the Andes cactus, is a species of cacti native to Argentina and Bolivia. Though listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, the plant is collected extensively, and in some areas is threatened.
Cereus insularis is a species of columnar cactus found in Brazil.
Cereus forbesii is a species of columnar cactus whose native range is Bolivia to N. Central Argentina.
Soehrensia formosa, is a species of Echinopsis found in South America. In north-western Argentina, Bolivia and northern Chile. First published in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 3: 1678 in 1959.
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Cereus pierre-braunianus is a species of columnar cactus found in NE Goiás in Brazil.
Mirabella estevesii, synonym Cereus estevesii, is a species of columnar cactus found in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The first description was published in 2004 by Pierre Josef Braun as Cereus estevesii.
Mirabella albicaulis, synonym Cereus albicaulis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Northeast and Southeast Brazil. It was first described by Britton and Rose in 1920 as Acanthocereus albicaulis.
Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum is a species of Acanthocalycium found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Neoraimondia arequipensis, synonym Neoraimondia macrostibas, is a tree-like cactus native to western Peru. It was first described in 1835 as Cereus arequipensis.
Cleistocactus baumannii is a species of Cleistocactus found in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil.
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