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Cereus insularis
Cereus insularis is a species of columnar cactus in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Brazil.
From the article Cereus insularis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Cereus insularis grows as a shrub with deep green shoots that are 2 to 3 centimeters in diameter and are often branched. There are six to eight straight ribs. The gray areoles on it are close together. The resulting 12 to 15 unequal, slender, needle-like spines are brownish yellow to greyish brown and up to 1.2 (rarely up to 3) centimeters long.
Range & habitat
Cereus insularis is found in coastal areas of the islands belonging to Brazil in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 438217.