- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
Cereus Mill.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Caribbean to S. Tropical America.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, East Himalaya, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Assam, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Free State, India, Italy, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Spain, Swaziland, Tunisia, Vietnam
- Cereus aethiops Haw.
- Cereus bicolor Rizzini & A.Mattos
- Cereus estevesii P.J.Braun
- Cereus fernambucensis Lem.
- Cereus forbesii C.F.Först.
- Cereus fricii Backeb.
- Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
- Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum.
- Cereus horrispinus Backeb.
- Cereus insularis Hemsl.
- Cereus jamacaru DC.
- Cereus lamprospermus K.Schum.
- Cereus lanosus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
- Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck
- Cereus mortensenii (Croizat) D.R.Hunt & N.P.Taylor
- Cereus pachyrrhizus K.Schum.
- Cereus phatnospermus K.Schum.
- Cereus pierre-braunianus Esteves
- Cereus repandus (L.) Mill.
- Cereus saddianus (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun
- Cereus spegazzinii F.A.C.Weber
- Cereus stenogonus K.Schum.
- Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Vaupel
- Cereus vargasianus Cárdenas
- Cereus yungasensis A.Fuentes & Quispe
Cereus Mill. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zappi, D.C. [111], Paraguay | K000101602 | |||
| Berg [BG566], Brazil | K000101603 |
First published in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
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