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Cephalium is a
frequently brightly coloured structure of wool and
bristle at the
growing tip of
certain cacti. It is most
commonly found on
cacti of the...
- the
correct genus name.
Mature plants are
easily recognizable by
their cephalium, a wool- and bristle-coated
structure at the apex of the plant, containing...
- emit
golden spines. When mature, most
species develop a
hairy lateral cephalium either white, golden, brown, or
Golden brown. A
noteworthy example of...
- are
named after the Turk's cap cactus,
Melocactus intortus,
whose red
cephalium resembles the fez hat worn by
Turks in the late
Ottoman Empire. The first...
- apex of the
adult plants,
there is a
wooly cephalium,
white or
shaded with
yellow or grey. The
terminal cephalium, up to 4
centimeters high, is
slightly depressed...
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Islands in the
Turks and
Caicos are
named after this cactus,
whose red
cephalium resembles the fez worn by
Turkish men in the late
Ottoman Empire. A stylised...
- "
cephalium" when
mature – a
dense m**** of
areoles covered with wool and
spines at the tip of the stem.
Flowers are
produced only from the
cephalium. Melocactus...
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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...
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species of
plant found in Venezuela. It is the only
Cereus species with a
cephalium.
Cereus mortensenii is a
treelike plant,
growing up to 8
metres (26 ft)...
- up to 2.9 cm (1.14 in) long six to ten
radial spines are curved. The
cephalium,
which consists of fine, dense,
reddish to
slightly orange-red bristles...
