Cereus trigonodendron | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Cereus |
Species: | C. trigonodendron |
Binomial name | |
Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule[1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cereus trigonodendron, synonym Cereus braunii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia, North Brazil and Peru.[1] It was first described in 1908 by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule who attributed the name to Karl Moritz Schumann.[1][2] Ule described Cereus trigonodendron as a striking triangular columnar cactus, up to 15 m tall, with large purple flowers at the top.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-03-11
- ↑ "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-11
- ↑ Ule, E. (1908), "Die Pflanzenformationen des Amazonas-Gebietes II", Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German), 40 (3): 398–442, retrieved 2022-03-11, p. 413
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