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Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff.
Enum. Diagn. Cact. 90. 1837
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart.) Console
Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1897, 10.

Cereus geometrizans (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Mexico 12 December 1997. Myrtillocactus geometrizans is a blue grey candelabra like cactus of western Mexico bearing a small sweet, edible berrylike fruit.

Synonyms:

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Our Father, Blue Flame, Bilberry Cactus, Whortleberry Cactus, Blue Candle, Blue Myrtle cactus
GERMAN (Deutsch): Myrtillocactus
ITALIAN (Italiano): Mirtillocactus
LITHUANIAN (Lietuvių): Mėlenis, Mėlynūnis
RUSSIAN (Русский): Миртиллокактус, Миртиллокактус геометрический
SPANISH (Español): Padre nuestro, Garambullo
SWEDISH (Svenska): Blåbärskaktussläktet, Blåbärskaktus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Myrtillocactus geometrizans group


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Photo and © Copyright by Massimo Giannelli (Italy) (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) Photo by: Cactus Art
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Cereus geometrizans (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Cereus geometrizans (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) Photo by: Cactus Art
11826 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cereus geometrizans (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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