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Cereus dyckii

Cereus dyckii

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Source-backed classification draft for Cereus dyckii.

Scientific taxonomy article

Cereus dyckii

Cereus dyckii Mart. ex Pfeiff. 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

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, Unknown.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 dyckii Mart. ex Pfeiff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130156-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cereus dyckii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8577534 ↩

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Cereus dyckii

Cereus dyckii

Cereus dyckii

Cereus dyckii is a columnar cactus species belonging to the family Cactaceae, carrying significant historical value in botanical literature. First described in 1837 by Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer , modern taxonomic revisions widely treat this taxon as a synonym of Pilosocereus royenii , commonly known as the Royen's tree cactus .