# Cipocereus

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Genus of cacti

Cipocereus Cipocereus minensis 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: Cipocereus F.Ritter[1] Type species Cipocereus pleurocarpus F.Ritter Species See text

***Cipocereus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [cacti](/source/Cactus) from [Brazil](/source/Brazil).[2][3] These species were previously included in the genera *[Pilosocereus](/source/Pilosocereus)* and *[Cereus](/source/Cereus_(plant))*.

## Description

The plants of the genus *Cipocereus* are bushy, sometimes branched and columnar growing to heights of up to 3.5 m. The cylindrical, somewhat woody shoots are 2 to 5 cm in diameter. On the 4 to 21 ribs are round, white or brown areoles from which a few to many spines arise, which can sometimes be missing and are of variable shape.

The white, tubular flowers open at night and sometimes remain open into the following day. The pericarp and floral tube are ribbed, more or less round in cross-section, and coated with a thick blue wax. The scales are narrow and widely spaced.

The spherical to egg-shaped, not splitting fruits are overgrown with intensive grey-blue. The remainder of the flowers is perennial. The brownish black to black, more or less dull seeds are broadly oval and 1 to 2 millimeters long.[4]

## Species

Species of the genus *Cipocereus* according to [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) as of May 2025[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cipocereus&action=edit):[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution Cipocereus bradei (Backeb. & Voll) Zappi & N.P.Taylor 1991 Minas Gerais - Brazil Cipocereus crassisepalus (Buining & Brederoo) Zappi & N.P.Taylor 1991 Minas Gerais - Brazil Cipocereus laniflorus N.P.Taylor & Zappi 1997 Minas Gerais - Brazil Cipocereus minensis (Werderm.) F.Ritter 1979 Minas Gerais - Brazil Cipocereus pleurocarpus F.Ritter 1979 Minas Gerais - Brazil

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Plants_of_the_World_Online_z155_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Plants_of_the_World_Online_z155_1-1) ["*Cipocereus* F.Ritter"](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:892977-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 2023-08-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Soffiatti, Patricia; Angyalossy, Veronica (August 2003). ["Stem anatomy of Cipocereus (Cactaceae)"](https://bioone.org/journals/bradleya/volume-2003/issue-21/brad.n21.2003.a9/Stem-anatomy-of-Cipocereus-Cactaceae/10.25223/brad.n21.2003.a9.full). *Bradleya*. **2003** (21): 39–48. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2003Bradl..21...39S](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003Bradl..21...39S). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.25223/brad.n21.2003.a9](https://doi.org/10.25223%2Fbrad.n21.2003.a9). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0265-086X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0265-086X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Martins, Cristiane; Oliveira, Reisla; Aguiar, Ludmilla M. S.; Antonini, Yasmine (2020-03-20). ["Pollination biology of the endangered columnar cactus Cipocereus crassisepalus: a case of close relationship between plant and pollinator"](https://doi.org/10.1590%2F0102-33062019abb0219). *Acta Botanica Brasilica*. **34** (1): 177–184. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2020AcBBr..34..177M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AcBBr..34..177M). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1590/0102-33062019abb0219](https://doi.org/10.1590%2F0102-33062019abb0219). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0102-3306](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0102-3306).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Anderson_Eggli_2005_p._112-115_4-0)** Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). *Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon* (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 112-115. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-8001-4573-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-8001-4573-1).

## External links

- Media related to [*Cipocereus*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cipocereus) at Wikimedia Commons

- Data related to [*Cipocereus*](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cipocereus) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers Cipocereus Wikidata: Q135980 Wikispecies: Cipocereus BioLib: 105572 CoL: 3Q33 EoL: 5188112 GBIF: 7279912 GRIN: 14006 iNaturalist: 184183 IPNI: 298472-2 IRMNG: 1067530 ITIS: 907019 NCBI: 432461 Open Tree of Life: 863200 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:892977-1 Tropicos: 40028631 WFO: wfo-4000008356

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