Cactaceae
Blue myrtle-cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Myrtillocactus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 龙神木, 龙神柱, 龍神木果
- English
- Blue myrtle-cactus, Bilberry cactus, Blue-flame, Our-father, Whortleberry cactus, Blue candle
- French
- Chandelle bleue
- Spanish
- Garambullo, Padre nuestro
- Swedish
- Blåbärskaktus
Synonyms
- Cereus aquicaulensis Pfeiff.
- Cereus arrigens Monv. ex Labour.
- Cereus garambello Haage ex C.F.Först.
- Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff.
- Cereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck
- Cereus geometrizans var. pugioniferus (Lem.) Salm-Dyck
- Cereus geometrizans var. quadrangularispinus Lem. ex Labour.
- Cereus gladiator Otto & A.Dietr.
- Cereus gladiator var. geometrizans Monv.
- Cereus pugionifer Lem.
- Cereus pugionifer var. quadrangulispinus Lem. ex C.F.Först.
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. cristatus P.V.Heath
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. hintonii W.A.Fitz Maur.
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. grandiareolatus (Bravo) Backeb.
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. pugionifera (Lem.) Console
- Myrtillocactus grandiareolatus Bravo
- Myrtillocactus hertrichii Houghton
- Myrtillocactus pugionifer A.Berger
- Myrtillocereus geometrizans Frič & Kreuz.
- Myrtillocereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (K.Schum.) Frič & Kreuz.
Photos
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ortuño González Erik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Govea Ale, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.