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Pterocereus is a genus with a single species, Pterocereus gaumeri, a tree-shaped cactus from southern Mexico with tall, slender, mostly unbranched stems. It is a desert-type cactus that needs sun, good drainage and little water.
Pterocereus is a monotypic genus of cactus containing the sole species Pterocereus gaumeri.
contains the tetrahydroisoquinoline glycoalkaloid pterocereine, and its aglycone analogue, deglucopterocereine and deglucopterocereine-N-oxide.
Pterocereus gaumeri is distributed in the Mexican states of Yucatán, Chiapas and Veracruz.
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