Coleocephalocereus

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.

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
Coleocephalocereus fluminensis
Species
See text

SpeciesEdit

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

SynonymyEdit

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

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