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|taxo_author=(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
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|habit=cacti-succulent
 
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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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==Varieties==
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==Species==
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''[[Peniocereus greggii]]'' -  desert nightblooming cereus</br>
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''[[Peniocereus marianus]]''</br>
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''[[Peniocereus zopilotensis]]''</br>
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The following genera have been brought into synonymy with ''Peniocereus'':
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*'''''Cullmannia''''' <small>[[Distefano]]</small>
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*'''''Neoevansia''''' <small>[[W.T.Marshall]]</small>
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*'''''Nyctocereus''''' <small>([[A.Berger]]) [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Joseph Nelson Rose|Rose]]</small>
    
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