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Cereus aethiops Haw.

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Cereus

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Cereus aethiops: Cereus aethiops known as "Cardoncito" climbing at Geoffroea decorticans, photo taken at Colonia Cilavert, Las Grutas, Río Negro province, Patagonia, Argentina
Photo: Fernando Lopez Anido, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
arz
سيريس اثيوبس
Chinese
绀色柱
Persian
اسپندار اتیوپیایی

Synonyms

  • Cereus aethiops var. landbeckii (Phil.) Backeb.
  • Cereus aethiops var. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • Cereus azureus Parm. ex Pfeiff.
  • Cereus azureus var. seidelii (Lehm.) Dams
  • Cereus beysiegelii Weing.
  • Cereus chalibaeus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus chalybaeus Otto ex Walp.
  • Cereus chalybaeus C.F.Först.
  • Cereus coerulescens f. landbeckii (Phil.) Schelle
  • Cereus coerulescens f. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Cereus coerulescens var. landbeckii (Phil.) K.Schum.
  • Cereus coerulescens var. melanacanthus K.Schum.
  • Cereus coeruleus Lem.
  • Cereus landbeckii Phil. ex Regel
  • Cereus landbeckii var. phillipii Rob.
  • Cereus melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Cereus nigrispinus Labour. ex K.Schum.
  • Cereus polychaetus Walp.
  • Cereus seidelii Lehm. ex Salm-Dyck
  • Piptanthocereus aethiops (Haw.) F.Ritter
  • Piptanthocereus azureus (Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Riccob.
  • Piptanthocereus chalibaeus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob.
  • Piptanthocereus chalybaeus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.