# Brasilicereus

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Genus of cacti

Brasilicereus Brasilicereus phaeacanthus (left-most image) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Cereeae Subtribe: Cereinae Genus: Brasilicereus Backeb.[1] Species See text.

***Brasilicereus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [cacti](/source/Cactus) known only from east [Brazil](/source/Brazil) and comprising two [species](/source/Species).[1]

## 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 [areoles](/source/Areole) 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.[2]

## Species

As of October 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brasilicereus&action=edit), [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepted the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution Brasilicereus markgrafii Brazil. Brasilicereus phaeacanthus Bahia, Brasil

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-POWO_296069-2_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-POWO_296069-2_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-POWO_296069-2_1-2) ["*Brasilicereus* Backeb."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/296069-2) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew). Retrieved 2023-09-30.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-o980_2-0)** Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). *Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon* (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. pp. 92–93. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-8001-4573-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-8001-4573-1).

Taxon identifiers Brasilicereus Wikidata: Q140077 Wikispecies: Brasilicereus BioLib: 105568 CoL: 62H2K EoL: 5187800 GBIF: 7905826 GRIN: 13718 iNaturalist: 184553 IPNI: 296069-2 IRMNG: 1038891 ITIS: 907046 NCBI: 1354806 Open Tree of Life: 5232182 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296069-2 Tropicos: 40031080 WFO: wfo-4000005330

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