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Cereus trigonodendron

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Cereus trigonodendron
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Cereus braunii Cárdenas

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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-03-11
  2. ^ "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-11
  3. ^ 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