Peniocereus


Peniocereus serpentinus flower


Plant Characteristics
Habit   cacti-succulent
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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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.


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Read about Peniocereus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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. CH


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Peniocereus greggii - desert nightblooming cereus
Peniocereus marianus
Peniocereus zopilotensis

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Peniocereus:

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