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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Binomial name | |
Cereus insularis | |
Synonyms | |
Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose |
Cereus insularis is a species of columnar cactus found in Brazil. [2]
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]
Cereus insularis is found in coastal areas of the islands belonging to Brazil in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
The first description was published in 1884 by William Botting Hemsley. [4] A nomenclatural synonym is Monvillea insularis (Hemsl.) Britton & Rose (1920).