Coleocephalocereus

Coleocephalocereus
	Coleocephalocereus aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cereeae
Genus:	Coleocephalocereus; Backeb.
Species
	Coleocephalocereus buxbaumianus; Coleocephalocereus fluminensis; Coleocephalocereus goebelianus; Coleocephalocereus pluricostatus; etc.;

Coleocephalocereus is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cacti from Brazil. These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles. They are common to the inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, and can comprise a dominant portion of the flora in these isolated, dome-shaped rocky outcrops.

Synonymy

The genus Buiningia Buxb. has been brought into synonymy with this genus.

References

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^ Porembski, Stefan. "Diversity and ecology of saxicolous vegetation mats on inselbergs in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest". Diversity & Distributions. 4: 107–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00013.x.
^ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Cactaceae/Coleocephalocereus/

[1] Porembski, Stefan. "Diversity and ecology of saxicolous vegetation mats on inselbergs in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest". Diversity & Distributions. 4: 107–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00013.x.

[2] ttp://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Cactaceae/Coleocephalocereus/

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