Cereus mirabella

Cereus mirabella

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: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenus: C. subg. Mirabella
Species: Cereus mirabella

Name

• Cereus mirabella N.P.Taylor, Bradleya 9: 85. (1991)

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Mirabella minensis F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 111 (1979)
• Homotypic
  • Monvillea minensis (F.Ritter) R.Kiesling in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 66: 165 (1994)
• Heterotypic
  • Estevesia alex-bragae P.J.Braun & Esteves, Kakteen And. Sukk. 60: 64 (2009)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil N-Brazil (Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Taylor, N.P. 1991. Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 9: 85.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cereus mirabella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 8. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cereus mirabella in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cereus mirabella. Published online. Accessed: Apr 02 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cereus mirabella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cereus mirabella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 02. Reference page. 

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