Taxonomy Profile: Cereus (Mill)

Cereus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Subpilocereus
Backeb
Piptanthocereus
A Berger Riccob
Cereus braunii
Cárdenas
Cereus pachyrrhizus
K Schum
Common Name(s):
sweetpotato cactus []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cereus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Caryophyllanae
Family : Cactaceae
cactus |
cacti |
Genus : Cereus
sweetpotato cactus |
Cereus Direct Children(s):
Cereus trigonodendron
(K Schum ex Vaupel)
Cereus saddianus
(Rizzini & A Mattos PJ Braun)
Cereus albicaulis
(Britton & Rose Leutzelb)
Cereus vargasianus
(Cárdenas)
Cereus spegazzinii
(FAC Weber)
Cereus mortensenii
(Croizat DR Hunt & NP Taylor)
Cereus mirabella
(NP Taylor)
Cereus lanosus
(F Ritter PJ Braun & Esteves)
Cereus hankeanus
(FAC Weber)
Cereus fricii
(Backeb)
Cereus estevesii
(PJ Braun)
Cereus bicolor
(Rizzini & A Mattos)
Cereus argentinensis
(Britton & Rose)
Cereus kroenleinii
(NP Taylor)
Cereus repandus
(L Mill)
Cereus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.
Notes:
ITIS Cactaceae Steward
Reference for:
Cereus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cereus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Cereus
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Cereus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hunt, David
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2006-05-01 / 2006-05-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The New Cactus Lexicon: Text
Page(s):
x + 373
Publisher:
dh books
Publication Place:
Milborne Port, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0-9538134-5-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Cereus
Cereus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Cereus: Comments
Comment:
Cactus genus Cereus Mill. (TSN 19877) is a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) cnidarian genus Cereus Oken, 1815 (TSN 204189)