Cereus trigonodendron | |
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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. trigonodendron
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Binomial name | |
Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule
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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]