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Lady of The Night Cactus

Cereus hexagonus

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Cereus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is CARIBBEAN, PUEOO, LEEMO, INDPU, INDBI, BZNRO, BZNTO, BZNAC, LEEVI, BZEPE, DOMOO, IND_CH; N. South America to N. & NE. Brazil.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent tree, wet tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130283-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cereus hexagonus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5383999 ↩
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N. South America to N. & NE. Brazil

Automatically collected source range/note: CARIBBEAN, PUE_OO, LEE_MO, IND_PU, IND_BI, BZN_RO, BZN_TO, BZN_AC, LEE_VI, BZE_PE, DOM_OO, IND_CH; N. South America to N. & NE. Brazil.