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Oreocereus is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), known only from high altitudes of the Andes.

Its name means "mountain cereus", formed from the Greek prefix oreo- (ὀρεο-, mountain) and the Neo-Latin cereus, meaning wax or torch.

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