Coleocephalocereus

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Coleocephalocereus
Coleocephalocereus aureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cereeae
Genus:	Coleocephalocereus Backeb.
Type species
Species
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Coleocephalocereus is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cacti from Brazil. These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles. They are common to the inselbergs of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, and can comprise a dominant portion of the flora in these isolated, dome-shaped rocky outcrops.

Species[]

Subgenus	Image	Scientific name	Distribution
Buiningia		F.Ritter	Brazil (Minas Gerais)
		(Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter	Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Coleocephalocereus		Diers & Esteves	Brazil (Minas Gerais)
		Buining	Brazil (Minas Gerais)
		Diers	Brazil( Distrito Federal )
		(Miq.) Backeb.	Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo)
		Buining & Brederoo	Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais)
Simplex		(Vaupel) Buining	Brazil (Bahia)

Synonymy[]

The genus Buiningia Buxb. has been brought into synonymy with this genus.

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