Cereus insularis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cereus |
| Species: | C. insularis
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Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose | |
Cereus insularis is a species of columnar cactus found in Brazil.[2]
Description[edit]
Cereus insularis grows as a shrub with deep green shoots that are 2 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are often branched. There are six to eight straight ribs. The gray areoles on it are close together. The resulting 12 to 15 unequal, slender, needle-like spines are brownish yellow to greyish brown and up to 1.2 (rarely up to 3) centimeters long.[3]
Distribution[edit]
Cereus insularis is found in coastal areas of the islands belonging to Brazil in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
Taxonomy[edit]
The first description was published in 1884 by William Botting Hemsley.[4] A nomenclatural synonym is Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose (1920).
References[edit]
- ^ Kew), Nigel Taylor (RBG; Assessment), Pierre Braun (Global Cactus (2010-08-10). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Name - Cereus insularis Cárdenas". Tropicos. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 106. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Buchan, Alexander; Huxley, Thomas Henry; Murray, John; Nares, George S.; Nares, George Strong; Pelseneer, Paul; Thomson, C. Wyville; Thomson, Frank Tourle; Thomson, Frank Tourle (1880). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Edinburgh: Neill. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6513.
External links[edit]
Media related to Cereus insularis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cereus insularis at Wikispecies
