Cereus mortensenii
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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. mortensenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cereus mortensenii (Croizat) D.R.Hunt & N.P.Taylor[1]
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Cereus mortensenii is a species of plant found in Venezuela. It is the only Cereus species with a cephalium.
Description
[edit]Cereus mortensenii is a treelike plant, growing up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall. The bluish stems are up to 8 cm (3.1 in) wide and have woolly areoles. Each areole has 1 or 2 central spines up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long and 5-7 radial spine up to 1.5 cm (0.59 in) long. Cream colored flowers up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long emerge from the white cephalium on mature plants.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]This plant is sometimes placed in the genus Pilosocereus because of its cephalium.
etymology
[edit]This plant is named for Russell H. Mortensen who helped with the discovery and collection of this species [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cereus mortensenii (L.) Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
- ^ "Cereus mortensenii". desert-tropicals.com.
- ^ "Cereus mortensenii". Dictionary of 🌵 Cactus Names. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2025-05-21.