Biology:Coleocephalocereus

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Coleocephalocereus
Coleocephalocereus aureus01.jpg
Coleocephalocereus aureus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Cereinae
Genus: Coleocephalocereus
Backeb.[1]
Type species
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Buiningia Buxb.
  • Mariottia Guiggi

Coleocephalocereus is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cacti from Brazil . These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles. They are common to the inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, and can comprise a dominant portion of the flora in these isolated, dome-shaped rocky outcrops.[2]

Species

(As of September 2023), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

Subgenus Image Scientific name Distribution
Buiningia Coleocephalocereus aureus.jpg Coleocephalocereus aureus F.Ritter Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter.JPG Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Coleocephalocereus Coleocephalocereus braunii Diers & Esteves Espirito Santo, Brasil.jpg Coleocephalocereus braunii Diers & Esteves Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus - 2.jpg Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus Buining Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Coleocephalocereus estevesii L. Diers Minas Gerais Brasil.jpg Coleocephalocereus estevesii Diers Brazil( Distrito Federal )
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis-morro do moreno.jpg Coleocephalocereus fluminensis (Miq.) Backeb. Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo)
Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus (P.J.Braun & Esteves) P.J.Braun, Esteves & Hofacker type locality Espirito Santo Brasil.jpg Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus Buining & Brederoo Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais)
Simplex Coleocephalocereus goebelianus 2.jpg Coleocephalocereus goebelianus (Vaupel) Buining Brazil (Bahia)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Coleocephalocereus Backeb.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/297127-2. 
  2. Porembski, Stefan (1998). "Diversity and ecology of saxicolous vegetation mats on inselbergs in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest". Diversity & Distributions 4 (3): 107–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00013.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q136835 entry