| Cereus trigonodendron | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Cereus |
| Species: | C. trigonodendron |
| Binomial name | |
| Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule | |
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Cereus trigonodendron, synonym Cereus braunii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia, North Brazil and Peru. It was first described in 1908 by Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule who attributed the name to Karl Moritz Schumann. Ule described Cereus trigonodendron as a striking triangular columnar cactus, up to 15 m tall, with large purple flowers at the top.
References
- ^ "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-03-11
- "Cereus trigonodendron K.Schum. ex Ule", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-11
- Ule, E. (1908), "Die Pflanzenformationen des Amazonas-Gebietes II", Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (in German), 40 (3): 398–442, retrieved 2022-03-11, p. 413
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| Cereus trigonodendron |
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| Cereus braunii | |
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