Cactaceae

Cactus

Jasminocereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Jasminocereus

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Cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii) — FlowerPhoto: Emma Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Bangla: সেরাস স্ক্লেরোক্যারপাস
Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯麝香柱, 麝香柱
English: Cactus, Candelabra cactus

Synonyms

Brachycereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Cereus galapagensis F.A.C.Weber
Cereus sclerocarpus K.Schum. ex B.L.Rob.
Cereus thouarsii F.A.C.Weber
Jasminocereus galapagensis (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Jasminocereus howellii E.Y.Dawson
Jasminocereus howellii var. delicatus E.Y.Dawson
Jasminocereus sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Jasminocereus thouarsii subsp. howellii (E.Y.Dawson) Guiggi
Jasminocereus thouarsii var. chathamensis E.Y.Dawson
Jasminocereus thouarsii var. delicatus (E.Y.Dawson) E.F.Anderson & Walk.
Jasminocereus thouarsii var. sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) E.F.Anderson & Walk.
Jasminocereus thouarsii var. thouarsii

Flowers

In flower: January to April (from 142 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Plant problems

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Photos

FlowerPhoto: Emma Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Paul Asman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Bill Levine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Chris Kirby-Lambert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Grzegorz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joanne Goldby from Birmingham, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nathaniel Isabella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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.