Coleocephalocereus purpureus
Coleocephalocereus purpureus
Coleocephalocereus purpureus
Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) 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 Coleocephalocereus.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
- Plants of the World Online. "Coleocephalocereus purpureus (Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:62971-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Coleocephalocereus purpureus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3959579 ↩
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