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Cereus

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Cereus

Summary

Cereus is a taxon[1]. Cereus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Cereus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cereus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cereus belongs to the parent taxon Cereeae[5].
  • Cereus belongs to the parent taxon Cereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cereus is Cereus[7].
  • Cereus's Commons category is recorded as Cereus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Cereus is Cactus hexagonus[9].
  • Cereus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cereus (plant)[10].
  • Cereus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cereus[11].
  • Cereus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Cereus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2318[13].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sweetpotato cactus'}[14].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pałczak'}[15].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '仙人柱属'}[16].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天轮柱属'}[17].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山影掌属'}[18].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'toortscactus'}[19].
  • Cereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'zuilcactus'}[20].
  • Cereus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Cereus[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cereus is Cereus[7]. Cereus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cereeae[5] and Cereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Cereus is Cactus hexagonus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sweetpotato cactus'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pałczak'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '仙人柱属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天轮柱属'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山影掌属'}[18], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'toortscactus'}[19].

Identifiers

Cereus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49048[22]. Cereus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 153845[23]. Cereus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38008[24]. Cereus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084079[25]. Cereus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19877[26].

Why It Matters

Cereus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Cereus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . eFloras. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Q2006281. wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Homonymous taxon → Cereus
    Taxon rank → genus
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