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Stenocereus peruvianus R.Kiesling
Darwiniana 24: 446. 1982 [Jul 1982] nom. superfl. Remarks: Kiesling treated Cereus peruvianus Mill. as not based on Cactus peruvianus L. and cited Miller's species as the "basionym" of his Stenocereus peruvianus. [Contrary to Kiesling's belief, Cereus peruvianus is based on Cactus peruvianus.] Kiesling referred to, among others, Cereus hystrix Salm-Dyck as a synonym.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum.
Fl. Bras. (Martius) 4(2): 202; et in Monats. fur Kakteenk. ii. (1892) 55cum ic. 1898 Mart.

Stenocereus peruvianus (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
(Peruvianus Crest Monstrosus) fruitimg habit at Kihei, Maui, Hawaii (USA). August 18, 2009.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cereus hildmannianus K.Schum.
Fl. Bras. (Martius) 4(2): 202; et in Monats. fur Kakteenk. ii. (1892) 55cum ic. 1898
Synonymy: 18 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cereus hildmannianus subs. uruguayanus (R.Kiesling) N.P.Taylor
Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 15. 1998
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Hedge cactus, Queen of the night, Peruvian apple cactus, Hildmann's Cereus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cereus hildmannianus group


20354 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
(Peruvianus Crest Monstrosus) fruits at Kihei, Maui, Hawaii (USA). August 18, 2009. (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Flowers at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii (USA). July 13, 2009. (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

20356 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Flowers at Napili, Maui, Hawaii (USA). July 13, 2009. (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
20357 star Forest Starr & Kim Starr
(Peruvianus Crest Monstrosus) flowers at Kihei, Maui, Hawaii (USA). August 18, 2009. (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Flowering habit at Napili, Maui, Hawaii (USA). July 14, 2009. (Cereus hildmannianus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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