Disocactus ackermannii

Disocactus ackermannii subsp. ackermannii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Phyllocacteae
Subtribus: Hylocereinae
Genus: Disocactus
Subgenus: D. subg. Ackermannia
Species: Disocactus ackermannii
Subspecies: D. a. subsp. ackermannii – D. a. subsp. conzattianus

Name

• Disocactus ackermannii (Haw.) Ralf Bauer, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 16. 2003.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Epiphyllum ackermannii Haw., Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 109. 1829.

• Homotypic
  • Cactus ackermannii (Haw.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1331. 1830.
  • Cereus ackermannii (Haw.) Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 123. 1837.
  • Disocactus ackermannii (Lindl.) Barthlott, Bradleya 9: 87. 1991, comb. inval.
  • Heliocereus ackermannii (Lindl.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 42. 2001 publ. 2002, comb. inval.
  • Nopalxochia ackermannii (Haw.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 161. 1936.
  • Phyllocactus ackermannii (Haw.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1841). 35. 1841.
  • Weberocereus ackermannii (Haw.) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 4: 309. 1992.

Notes

Often confused with Disocactus × hybridus in cultivation. D. ackermannii is rarely cultivated and typical with its lilac stigma lobes.

References

• Anderson, E.F. (2001) The Cactus Family (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9
• Bauer, R. (2003) Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 16.