The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Cereus

The genus Cereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Cereus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Cereus aethiops Haw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus albicaulis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus amazonicus K. Schum. Accepted M TRO
Cereus apoloensis (Cárdenas) P.J.Braun & Esteves Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus ballivianii (Cárdenas) P.J.Braun & Esteves Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus braunii Cárdenas Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus caesius Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus callicanthus (Rumpler) Woodson Accepted M TRO
Cereus childsii Blanc Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus cochabambensis Cárdenas Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus colosseus F. Ritter Accepted M TRO
Cereus comarapanus Cárdenas Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus diffusus (Britton & Rose) Werderm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus estevesii P.J.Braun Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus fernambucensis Lem. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus forbesii C.F.Först. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus fricii Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus glaucus Salm-Dyck Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus grandicostatus Werderm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus haageanus (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus hankeanus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus hertrichianus Werderm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus horrispinus Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus houlletii (Lem.) A. Berger Accepted M TRO
Cereus huilunchu Cárdenas Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus insularis Hemsl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus jamacaru DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus kroeneinii (R. Kiesling) P.J. Braun & Esteves Accepted M TRO
Cereus lamprospermus K.Schum. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus lanosus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus lauterbachii K.Schum. ex Chodat & Hassl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus mirabella N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus mortensenii (Croizat) D.R.Hunt & N.P.Taylor Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus neotetragonus Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus pachyrrhizus K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus paxtonianus Monv. ex Salm-Dyck Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus phatnospermus K.Schum. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus pierrebraunianus Esteves Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus repandus (L.) Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus saddianus (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf.) DC. Accepted M TRO
Cereus spegazzinii F.A.C.Weber Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus stenogonus K.Schum. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Cereus tacuaralensis Cárdenas Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Vaupel Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Cereus uruguayanus R. Kiesling Accepted M TRO
Cereus vargasianus Cárdenas Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,041 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Cereus. Of these 49 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 132 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Cereus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,041 species names for the genus Cereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 49 4.7%
Synonym 492 47.3%
Unplaced 160 15.4%
Unassessed 340 32.7%

All names

The status of the 1,173 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Cereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 53 4.5%
Synonym 604 51.5%
Unplaced 160 13.6%
Unassessed 356 30.3%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 1,041 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Cereus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 43 337 0 0 380 36.5%
Low confidence 6 155 160 340 661 63.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Cereus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 7 52 0 110 0 169 16.2%
WCSP (in review) 42 440 160 230 0 872 83.8%