OREOCEREUS

Autor: (Berger) Riccobono • ETYMOLOGY ≪Mountain cereus≫, referring to the preferred habitat of the genus. • DESCRIPTION A genus of ascending to erect, columnar, bushy to shrubby plants, branching from the base, reaching up to 3 m high, more or less covered with white setose hairs and spines according to species. Numerous ribs (10-25), rounded, tuberculate,…