Cactaceae

Cereus Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is S. Caribbean to S. Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Assam, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, France, Free State, Hawaii, India, Italy, Jamaica, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Spain, Swaziland, Tunisia, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Nee, M. [50321] Bolivia K000036563 No
Bunting; Fucci [7977] Venezuela K000101610 No
[0] K000101674 No
Matthew, M., K. [RHT15878] K000101648 No
Castellanos [22731] Brazil K000101546 Yes
Venezuela K:SPC-80132.000 No
Johnston, J.R. [344] Venezuela K000101612 Type Yes
Meyer [0] Bolivia K000101620 No
Taylor [656] Venezuela K000101637 No
Lombardi [1403] Brazil K000100165 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Aquino [34686] Paraguay K000100056 No
Bunting [5317] Venezuela K000101618 No
Bunting; Aristeguieta [5231] Venezuela K000101609 No
Souza, C., V. [5.170] Brazil K000101558 Yes
Galue [38] Venezuela K000101614 No
Venezuela K:SPC-66692.000 No
Bunting; Trujillo [13114] Venezuela K000101615 No
Berg; Henderson [BG566] Brazil K000101603 Yes
[0] K000101650 No
Zappi, D.C. [88] Brazil K000101547 Yes
[0] K000101673 No
Zappi, D.C.; Kameyama [34] Brazil K000101548 Yes
Zappi, D.C. [188] Brazil K000101549 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Vera [45467] Paraguay K000100055 No
Zappi, D.C. [111] Paraguay K000101602 Yes
Galue [38] Venezuela K000101613 No
K:SPC-14475.000 No
Harley, R.M. [17575] Brazil K:SPC-43885.000 No
Ritter, F. [F.R. 76] K:SPC-49387.000 No
Shafer [40] Argentina K000101644 No
K:SPC-70000.163 No
Hunt [5401] Brazil K000101545 Yes
Galue [49] Venezuela K000101617 No
Bunting; Trujillo [13114] Venezuela K000101616 No
Locke; Zardini, E.M. [101] Paraguay K000100057 No
Venezuela K:SPC-55803.000 No
Meyer [0] Bolivia K000101621 No
Bunting; Fucci [7977] Venezuela K000101611 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images