Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

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: Echinocereeae
Genus: Myrtillocactus
Species: Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Name

• Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 1: 10. 1897 [1].

Synonyms

• Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Cereus aquicaulensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus gladiator Otto & A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus pugionifer Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 30. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 48. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cereus geometrizans var. pugioniferus (Lem.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 48. 1850 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. pugionifera (Lem.) Console in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 10. 1897 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus garambello Haage ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 433. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus gladiator var. geometrizans Monv. in Cat. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus pugionifer var. quadrangulispinus Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 395. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus arrigens Monv. ex Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 367. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cereus geometrizans var. quadrangularispinus Lem. ex Labour., Monogr. Cact.: 367. 1853 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocactus pugionifer A.Berger, Kakteen: 160. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Myrtillocactus hertrichii Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1: 136. 1930 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocactus grandiareolatus Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 3: 15. 1932 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. grandiareolatus (Bravo) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 3267. 1960 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (K.Schum.) Frič & Kreuz. in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 11. 1935 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
  • Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. hintonii W.A.Fitz Maur. in Cact. Suc. Mex. 34: 89. 1989 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 105. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocereus geometrizans Frič & Kreuz. in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 11. 1935, nom. inval., syn. sec. Tropicos

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Console, M. (1897) Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 1: 10.

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

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. 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 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan 12.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Blue Candle Cactus
español: garambullo

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