Oreocereus
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| Oreocereus | |
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| A small O. celsianus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Trichocereeae |
| Genus: | Oreocereus (A.Berger) Riccob. |
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Oreocereus celsianus - old man of the Andes |
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Oreocereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), known only from high altitudes of the Andes. Its name was formed from Greek and means "mountain cereus".
[edit] Synonymy
The following genera have been included in this genus:
