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Cereus

Cereus peruvianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cereeae
Genus:	Cereus Mill.
Species
Cereus adelmarii Cereus bicolor Cereus chalybaeus Cereus comarapanus Cereus fricii Cereus horrispinus Cereus jamacaru Cereus mirabella Cereus pachyrhizus Cereus peruvianus Cereus spegazzinii Cereus trigonodendron Cereus tweediei Cereus vargasianus

A cereus is a plant form of cactus from subfamilies Cactoideae. It is characterisic by very prolonged bodies. Its are columnar growth cacti and also some epiphytic cacti. The name Cereus is from the Greek and Latin signifying a torch.

It is also a used as name of genus of cactus or part of name of others genera, for example Armatocereus, Arthrocereus, Cephalocereus, Echinocereus, Haageocereus, Hylocereus, Jasminocereus, Leptocereus, Micranthocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Oreocereus, Pilosocereus, Pygmaeocereus, Rauhocereus, Selenicereus, Stenocereus, Weberbauerocereus, Trichocereus.