Peniocereus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		cacti-succulent

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Nyctocereus >

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Peniocereus is a genus of vining cacti, comprising about 18 species, found from the southwestern United States and Mexico. They have a large underground tuber, thin and inconspicuous stems.

Read about Peniocereus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nyctocereus (night and cereus). Cactaceae. A slender cactus, at first erect, then clambering, with few branches; the st. has many low ribs with closely set areoles producing 10 or more acicular spines: fls. large, nocturnal, white; tube and ovary covered with small bracts, producing in their axils small clusters of spines: fr. red; seeds black.—Several species are known. They are among the several kinds of night-blooming cereus. See Succulents. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

Peniocereus greggii - desert nightblooming cereus
Peniocereus marianus
Peniocereus zopilotensis

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Peniocereus:

• Cullmannia Distefano
• Neoevansia W.T.Marshall
• Nyctocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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