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|taxo_author=(A.Berger) Britton & Rose
 
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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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