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Nyctocereus

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Nyctocereus serpentinus var. serpentinus

Taxonavigation

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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: Nyctocereus
Species: N. serpentinus

Name

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Nyctocereus Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 423. (1909)

Type species: Nyctocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Serpentini Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 467 (1828).
    • Cereus subsect. Nyctocereus A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 75. 31 Mai 1905, nom. illeg.
    • Cereus subsect. Serpentini Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 50 (1850).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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