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===Subgenus Peniocereus=== |
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Molecular phylogeny supported the position of this subgenus within Pachycereae. |
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*''[[Peniocereus greggii]]'' – desert nightblooming cereus |
*''[[Peniocereus greggii]]'' – desert nightblooming cereus |
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*''[[Peniocereus johnstonii]]'' |
*''[[Peniocereus johnstonii]]'' |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Echinocereeae |
| Genus: | Peniocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose |
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Peniocereus is a genus of vining cacti, comprising about 18 species, found from the southwestern United States and Mexico. They have a large underground tuber, thin and inconspicuous stems. Its name comes from the prefix penio- (from the Latin penis, meaning ‘tail’) and Cereus, the large genus from which it was split.[1]
Known as the desert night-blooming cereus, it also shares its common names of “night-blooming cereus” and “queen of the night” with many other similar cacti.
Taxonomy
Peniocereus was first described in 1905 by Alwin Berger as a subgenus of Cereus with a single species, Cereus greggii. This taxon was elevated to the genus level as Peniocereus greggii by Britton and Rose in 1909. Later in 1974 an infrageneric classification was constructed based on morphological features that split Peniocereus into two subgenera: Peniocereus and Pseudoacanthocereus. In 2005 a molecular phylogenetic study of the genus showed that Peniocereus is not monophyletic.[2]
Species List
Species include:[3]
Subgenus Peniocereus
Molecular phylogeny supported the position of this subgenus within Pachycereae.
- Peniocereus greggii – desert nightblooming cereus
- Peniocereus johnstonii
- Peniocereus lazaro-cardenasii
- Peniocereus viperinus
- Peniocereus zopilotensis
- Peniocereus marianus
- Peniocereus striatus – gearstem cactus
Subgenus Pseudoacanthocereus
- Peniocereus hirschtianus
- Peniocereus maculatus
- Peniocereus oaxacensis
- Peniocereus cuixmalensis
- Peniocereus fosterianus
- Peniocereus castellae
- Peniocereus macdougallii
- Peniocereus rosei
- Peniocereus tepalcatepecanus
References
- ^ A. Michael Powell; James F. Weedin (2004). Cacti of the Trans-Pecos & Adjacent Areas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-89672-531-7.
- ^ Vázquez-Sánchez, Monserrat (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships in Peniocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data". Journal of Plant Research. 118: 317-328. doi:10.1007/s10265-005-0225-3.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
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