Cipocereus pleurocarpus

Cipocereus pleurocarpus F.Ritter is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.¹

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is BZLSP, BZLES, BZL, BRAZIL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, BZLMG, BZLRJ, BZLTR; Brazil (Minas Gerais).¹

POWO records the plant context as succulent shrub, seasonally dry 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. "Cipocereus pleurocarpus F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:274674-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Cipocereus pleurocarpus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3942097 ↩