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Endangered
CITES App. II
Cereus lageniformis
Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 164 (-165). 1861 (as "lagenaeformis")
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Cereus lageniformis
Author
C.F.Först.
Chinese genus
天轮柱属
Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Flowers
Large, 18 cm long; flower-tube 5 to 6 cm long; throat broad. Inner perianth-segments oblong, perhaps white, 5 to 6 cm long. Scales on ovary and flower-tube small, sometimes only 3 to 4 mm long.
Spines
2 to 4(-6), yellowish, honey-coloured to brown acicular to subulate, very unequal, up to 6–7 cm in length (sometimes 10 cm long), not swollen at base.
Ribs
Obtuse, separated by broad but shallow intervals.
Stem
2–5 m tall,10 to15(-20) cm in diameter, 4 to 8-ribbed, light green to bluish.
Areoles
Large, spaced evenly on the ribs, about 2-3 cm apart.