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'''''Oreocereus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[cactus|cacti]] ([[family (biology)|family]] [[Cactaceae]]), known only from high altitudes of the [[Andes]]. Its name was formed from [[Greek language|Greek]] and means "mountain cereus".
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Oreocereus (the mountain Cereus). Pilocereus in part of authors. Cactaceae. Usually large columnar plants with strong armaments and producing long white hairs or wool like Cephalocereus, but with very different fls.: ovary and fl.-tube covered by numerous imbricating bracts with their axils filled with long woolly hairs; stamens numerous, as long or longer than the petals; style long exscrted.—Two species are in cult, and are described below. They are cult, the same as Pilocereus.
 
Oreocereus (the mountain Cereus). Pilocereus in part of authors. Cactaceae. Usually large columnar plants with strong armaments and producing long white hairs or wool like Cephalocereus, but with very different fls.: ovary and fl.-tube covered by numerous imbricating bracts with their axils filled with long woolly hairs; stamens numerous, as long or longer than the petals; style long exscrted.—Two species are in cult, and are described below. They are cult, the same as Pilocereus.
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==Varieties==
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==Species==
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*''[[Oreocereus celsianus]]'' - old man of the Andes
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*''[[Oreocereus doelzianus]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus fossulatus]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus hendriksenianus]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus leucotrichus]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus maximus]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus ritteri]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus trollii]]''
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*''[[Oreocereus variicolor]]''
  
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The following genera have been included in this genus:
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*'''''Arequipa''''' <small>[[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]</small>
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*'''''Arequipiopsis''''' <small>[[Kreuz.]] & [[Buining]]</small>
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*'''''Morawetzia''''' <small>[[Backeb.]]</small>
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*'''''Submatucana''''' <small>[[Backeb.]]</small>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 24 February 2010


A small O. celsianus


Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Oreocereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), known only from high altitudes of the Andes. Its name was formed from Greek and means "mountain cereus".


Read about Oreocereus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Oreocereus (the mountain Cereus). Pilocereus in part of authors. Cactaceae. Usually large columnar plants with strong armaments and producing long white hairs or wool like Cephalocereus, but with very different fls.: ovary and fl.-tube covered by numerous imbricating bracts with their axils filled with long woolly hairs; stamens numerous, as long or longer than the petals; style long exscrted.—Two species are in cult, and are described below. They are cult, the same as Pilocereus.


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Cultivation

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Pests and diseases

Species

The following genera have been included in this genus:

Gallery

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