PLANTS Profile for Cereus hexagonus (lady of the night cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
lady of the night cactus

Symbol:

CEHE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

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Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

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Distribution:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.


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Related Taxa:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 3 species in Cereus

Classification:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cereus Mill. – sweetpotato cactus
Species	Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. – lady of the night cactus

Introduced Information:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501369.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 02:03 PM MDT