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Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud.
Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] ed. 2. 1: 246. 1840
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 1. 1768; Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 179. Mill.

Cactus octogonus (Cereus hexagonus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
Flowers at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii (USA). May 22, 2012.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 1. 1768; Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 179.
Synonymy: 15
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Lady of the Night Cactus, Queen-of-the-night, Blue cereus, Six-angled Torch Thistle
FRENCH (Français): Cierge, Cactus cierge
LITHUANIAN (Lietuvių): Šešiabriaunis stulpenis
PORTUGUESE (Português): Pitahaya, Dato, Rainha da noite
SPANISH (Español): Reina de la noche, Pitahaya, Cacto columnar, Cirial, Cactus de Columnas, Cactus Columnar Miramar, Cirio, Miramar


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Habit at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii (USA). May 22, 2012. (Cereus hexagonus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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Habit at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii (USA). May 22, 2012. (Cereus hexagonus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr

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Spines at Iao Tropical Gardens of Maui, Maui, Hawaii (USA). May 22, 2012. (Cereus hexagonus) Photo by: Forest Starr & Kim Starr
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