{{Short description|Genus of cacti}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Coleocephalocereus aureus01.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Coleocephalocereus aureus]]'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Coleocephalocereus | authority = [[Backeb.]]<ref name=POWO_297127-2/> | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = [[#Species|See text]]. | synonyms = *''Buiningia'' <small>Buxb.</small> *''Mariottia'' <small>Guiggi</small> *''Siccobaccatus'' <small>P.J.Braun & Esteves</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_297127-2/> | type_species = ''[[Coleocephalocereus fluminensis ]]'' }}
'''''Coleocephalocereus''''' is a [[genus]] of erect and semi-erect columnar [[cactus|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.<ref name=Pore98/>
==Species== {{As of|2023|September}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepted the following species:<ref name=POWO_297127-2>{{cite POWO|title=''Coleocephalocereus'' Backeb..|id=297127-2|access-date=2023-09-30|mode=cs1}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible" |- ! Image ! Scientific name ! Distribution |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus aureus.jpg|120px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus aureus]]'' {{small|F.Ritter}} | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus braunii Diers & Esteves Espirito Santo, Brasil.jpg|120px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus braunii]]'' {{small|Diers & Esteves}} | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus - 2.jpg|120px]] | ''[[Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus]]'' {{small|Buining}} | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus decumbens.jpg|frameless|145x145px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus decumbens]]'' {{small|F.Ritter}} | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus fluminensis-morro do moreno.jpg|120px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus fluminensis]]'' {{small|(Miq.) Backeb.}} | Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus goebelianus 2.jpg|120px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus goebelianus]]'' {{small|(Vaupel) Buining}} | Brazil (Bahia) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus (P.J.Braun & Esteves) P.J.Braun, Esteves & Hofacker type locality Espirito Santo Brasil.jpg|120px]] | ''[[Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus]]'' {{small|Buining & Brederoo}} | Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais) |- |[[File:Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) F. Ritter.JPG|120px]] |''[[Coleocephalocereus purpureus]]'' {{small|(Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter}} | Brazil (Minas Gerais) |}
==References== <references>
<ref name=Pore98>{{cite journal |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00013.x |volume=4 |title=Diversity and ecology of saxicolous vegetation mats on inselbergs in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest |journal=Diversity & Distributions |pages=107–119 |last1=Porembski |first1=Stefan |year=1998 |issue=3 |doi-access=free|bibcode=1998DivDi...4..107P }}</ref>
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