{{Short description|Genus of cacti}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = The Cactaceae Vol II, plate VIII filtered filtered.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Brasilicereus phaeacanthus]]'' (left-most image) | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Brasilicereus | authority = [[Backeb.]]<ref name=POWO_296069-2/> | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = [[#Species|See text]]. | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}
'''''Brasilicereus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[cactus|cacti]] known only from east [[Brazil]] and comprising two [[species]].<ref name=POWO_296069-2/> ==Description== The species of the genus ''Brasilicereus'' grow as shrubs with upright, sometimes crooked, rarely branching shoots that reach heights of 1 to 4 meters. The slender shoots can be up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. They have 3 to 5 flat or narrow ribs. The needle-like, brittle spines are whitish to grayish-brown and arise from [[areole]]s covered with gray or white wool. There are 1 to 4 central spines up to 4 centimeters long and 10 to 18 marginal spines 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters long. The flowers, which are short-tubed to bell-shaped, open at night. The flower cup and tube are covered with fleshy scales, and the areoles are glabrous. The dull green to purple fruits are spherical to pear-shaped, with a persistent flower remnant, and do not tear.<ref name="o980">{{cite book | last1=Anderson | first1=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | pages= 92–93}}</ref> ==Species== {{As of|2025|October}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_296069-2>{{Cite POWO|title=''Brasilicereus'' Backeb..|id=296069-2|access-date=2023-09-30|mode=cs1}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |[[File:Brasilicereus markgrafii Backeberg & Voll.JPG|120px]] ||''[[Brasilicereus markgrafii]]'' || Brazil. |- |[[File:Brasilicereus phaeacanthus (Gürke) Backeberg ssp. breviflorus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Brasilicereus phaeacanthus]]'' || Bahia, Brasil |- |} == References == {{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Cereeae]] [[Category:Cereeae genera]] [[Category:Cacti of South America]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Brazil]]