Selenicereus brevispinus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Selenicereus
Species: Selenicereus brevispinus

Name

Selenicereus brevispinus (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 201. (1920)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus brevispinulus Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 339. (1834)
• Homotypic
  • Cereus brevispinus A.Berger, Kakteen: 113, 337. (1929)
    

Note: POWO (2025) placed this taxon in synonymy with Selenicereus pteranthus (Link ex A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 431. (1909), whereas CACO (2025) prefer it segregated, however in their cited Korotkova et al. (2017) this species is placed in Selenicereus pteranthus.

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page.  = Selenicereus pteranthus
• Korotkova, N., Borsch, T. & Arias, S., 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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.  = Selenicereus pteranthus

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Selenicereus brevispinus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 26. Reference page.  = Selenicereus pteranthus
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Selenicereus brevispinus. Published online. Accessed: June 26 2025. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Selenicereus brevispinus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 26. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Selenicereus brevispinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 June 2025. Reference page.