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Genus of cacti; perhaps the best-known representative is Cereus giganteus, the Saguaro cactus of the Sonoran Desert region of North America (also classified as Carnegiea gigantea).

Resources in This Category

• Cereus greggii

  http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/july/papr/nbcereus.html
  Description, photograph, range, habitat and scientific names of the Night-Blooming Cereus Cactus, one of the strangest desert plants.

• Cereus jamacaru

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0105-1.html
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• Cereus peruvianus

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0106-1.html
  images

• Cereus thurberi

  http://www.desertusa.com/cactus/organ-pipe-cactus.html
  Information about the Organ Pipe Cactus, sometimes classified as Stenocereus thurberi, its description, range and habitat, with photographs.

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