• Cereus Ilmoni, 1830 [Family: Sagartiidae]
• Cereus P. Miller, 1754 [Family: Cactaceae]
• Cereus amethystinus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Stichodactyla gigantea (Forskål, 1775)
• Cereus artemisia accepted as Anthopleura artemisia (Pickering in Dana, 1846)
• Cereus bellis accepted as Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)
• Cereus bicolor accepted as Calliactis tricolor (Lesueur, 1817)
• Cereus blankii Poselg. accepted as Echinocereus berlandieri (Engelm.) Haage f.
• Cereus brevicornis Studer, 1879 accepted as Calliactis brevicornis (Studer, 1879)
• Cereus coniflorus Weingart accepted as Selenicereus coniflorus (Weingart) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus coriaceus accepted as Urticina felina (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Cereus crispus accepted as Heteractis crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
• Cereus crucifer Lesueur accepted as Phymanthus crucifer (Lesueur, 1817)
• Cereus digitatus accepted as Hormathia digitata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Cereus diguetii A. Weber accepted as Peniocereus striatus (Brandeg.) Buxbaum
• Cereus emoryi Engelm. accepted as Bergerocactus emoryi (Engelm.) Engelm.
• Cereus eriophorus L. Pfeiffer
• Cereus filiformis (Rapp, 1829)
• Cereus fuegiensis Verrill accepted as Antholoba achates (Drayton in Dana, 1846)
• Cereus giganteus Engelm. accepted as Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus gracilis Mill.
• Cereus grandiflorus (L.) P. Mill. accepted as Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus grantianus (Britt.) Kelsey & Dayton accepted as Leptocereus grantianus Britt.
• Cereus greggii Engelm. accepted as Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus herpetodes (McMurrich, 1904)
• Cereus hexagonus (L.) P. Mill.
• Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum.
• Cereus hookeri Link & Otto accepted as Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.
• Cereus hystrix (Haw.) P. Mill. accepted as Stenocereus fimbriatus (Lam.) Lourteig
• Cereus imbricatus Haw. accepted as Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC.
• Cereus lamairei Hook. accepted as Hyalocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus martinii Labouret accepted as Harrisia martinii (Labouret) Britt.
• Cereus paumotensis accepted as Heteractis crispa (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
• Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)
• Cereus pedunculaus (Pennant) accepted as Cereus pedunculatus (Pennant, 1777)
• Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw. accepted as Acanthocereus tetragonus (Linnaeus) Hummelinck, 1938
• Cereus peruvianus auct. non (L.) P. Mill. accepted as Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum.
• Cereus portoricensis (Britt.) Urban accepted as Harrisia portoricensis Britt.
• Cereus poselgeri (Lem.) Coult. accepted as Echinocereus poselgeri Lem.
• Cereus pretiosus accepted as Alicia pretiosa (Dana, 1846)
• Cereus pteranthus Link ex A. Dietr. accepted as Selenicereus pteranthus (Link ex A. Dietr.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus quadricostatus Bello accepted as Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus robinii (Lem.) L. Benson
• Cereus royenii (L.) P. Mill. accepted as Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & Rowley
• Cereus schottii Engelm. accepted as Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
• Cereus sinensis Verrill, 1870 accepted as Calliactis sinensis (Verrill, 1870)
• Cereus spinosus Hertwig, 1882 accepted as Hormathia spinosa (Hertwig, 1882)
• Cereus spinulosus DC. accepted as Selenicereus spinulosus (DC.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus stimpsonii Verrill, 1870 accepted as Anthothoe stimpsoni (Verrill, 1870)
• Cereus striatus Brandeg. accepted as Peniocereus striatus (Brandeg.) Buxbaum
• Cereus strictus DC. accepted as Pilosocereus royenii (L.) Byles & Rowley
• Cereus thalia accepted as Anthopleura thallia (Gosse, 1854)
• Cereus thurberi Engelm. accepted as Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum
• Cereus trigonus Haw. accepted as Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Safford
• Cereus tuberosus Poselg. accepted as Echinocereus poselgeri Lem.
• Cereus undatus Haw. accepted as Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. & Rose
• Cereus uruguayanus Kiesling accepted as Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum.
• Cereusacarus Xue, Wang, Song & Hong, 2009
• Cereusisporites Lu & Ouyang, 1978 †