Cactaceae
Cereus

Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(2): 202 (1876)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia and Brazil to N. Argentina. It is a succulent tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Assam, Canary Is., East Himalaya, France, Hawaii, India, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, Vietnam

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.15. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  • Soller, A., Soffiatti, P., Calvente, A. & Goldenberg, R. (2014). Cactaceae no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Rodriguésia 65: 201-219.
  • Verloove, F. & al. (2017). New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain. Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 35: 58-79.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.15. epublication.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Verloove, F. & al. (2017). New records of naturalised and invasive cacti (Cactaceae) from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary islands, Spain. Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 35: 58-79.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2000 Dubs, B. [2628] Brazil K000372576 Yes
[0] K000101663 No
[0] K000101665 No
[0] K000101662 No
Ritter [FR1009] Brazil K000251469 Yes
Shafer [115] Argentina K000101645 No
Zappi, D.C. [80] Brazil K000101582 Yes
[0] K000101661 No
Zappi, D.C.; Dokkedal; Prado [1] Brazil K000101581 Yes
Gillet [21019] K000101668 No
Miers [3360] Brazil K000101544 Yes
Brown, E., N. [0] K000101667 No
K:SPC-71341.000 No
Castellanos [24021] Brazil K000101580 Yes
[0] K000101666 No
Zappi, D.C. [187] Brazil K000101579 Yes
Schessi; M [3476] Brazil K000101586 Yes
[0] K000101664 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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