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Cereus hexagonus
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Order:
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Caryophyllales
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Family:
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Cactaceae
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Subfamily:
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Cactoideae
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Genus:
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Cereus
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Species:
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C. hexagonus
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Binomial name
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Cereus hexagonus
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Synonyms
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- Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg, Cacti 133. 1937.
- Cactus regalis Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825.
- Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2, 144. 1951.
- Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837.
- Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452. 1935.
- Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2, 207. 1850.
- Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 218. 1850.
- Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 207. 1850.
- Cereus longiflorus Alexander, Lloydia 2: 199. 1939.
- Cereus northumberlandianus Lambert in Loud., Gard. Mag. 91. 1841.
- Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud., Nomencl. ed. vol. 2, 246. 1840.
- Cereus perlucens K.Schum., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173. 1900.
- Cereus perrottetii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 98. 1837.
- Cereus regalis Haw. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825.
- Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838.
- Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk. 399. 1846.
- Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm., Bras. Saulenkakt. 112. 1933.
- Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957.
- Piptanthocereus lepidotus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. Pt. 12 (p. 7). 1934
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Cereus hexagonus or lady of the night cactus is a species of columnar cactus found in Ecuador and Venezuela.[1]
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