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|genus=Peniocereus
|taxo_author=(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
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'''''Peniocereus''''' is a [[genus]] of vining [[cactus|cacti]], comprising about 18 [[species]], found from the southwestern [[United States]] and [[Mexico]]. They have a large underground tuber, thin and inconspicuous stems.
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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.
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.
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Peniocereus (Latin combination, meaning phalloid Cereus). Cactaceae. Low slender erect plants, growing from very large fleshy turnip-shaped roots: sts. usually 4- or 5-ribbed: fls. large, nocturnal, usually white: fr. ovoid, long-acuminate, bright scarlet, edible.
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==Varieties==
==Species==
''[[Peniocereus greggii]]'' - desert nightblooming cereus</br>
''[[Peniocereus marianus]]''</br>
''[[Peniocereus zopilotensis]]''</br>
The following genera have been brought into synonymy with ''Peniocereus'':
*'''''Cullmannia''''' <small>[[Distefano]]</small>
*'''''Neoevansia''''' <small>[[W.T.Marshall]]</small>
*'''''Nyctocereus''''' <small>([[A.Berger]]) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]</small>
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