Selenicereus pteranthus

Selenicereus pteranthus

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: Hylocereeae
Genus: Selenicereus
Sectio: S. sect. Selenicereus
Species: Selenicereus pteranthus

Name

• Selenicereus pteranthus (Link ex A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 431 (1909).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus pteranthus Link & Otto, Allg. Gartenz. 2: 209 (1834).

• Heterotypic
  • Cereus antoinii Pfeiff., Enum. Cact. 114 (1837), nom. inval.
  • Cereus brevispinulus Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 339 (1834).
  • Cereus nothus hort. Gruson, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 173 (1894), nom. inval.
  • Cereus nycticallus gracilior Haage in Först., Handb. Kakt. 143 (1846), nom. inval.
  • Cereus nycticallus Link, Ver. Bef. Gartenb. 10: 372 (1834).
  • Cereus nycticallus viridior Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck 1849. 51. 216 (1850).
  • Cereus obtusus Pfeiff., Enum. Cact. 114 (1837), nom. inval.
  • Cereus peanii Beguin in Rebut, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 173 (1894), nom. inval.
  • Cereus rosaceus DC., Prodr. 3: 471 (1828), nom. inval.
  • Selenicereus pteranthus var. gracilior (Haage) Diguet, Cact. Utiles Mex. 216 (1928).
  • Selenicereus pteranthus var. viridior (Salm-Dyck) Diguet, Cact. Utiles Mex. 216 (1928).

Hybrid(s)

S. × callianthus

References

• Dietrich, A.G. 1834. Allg. Gartenz. 2: 209
• Tropicos
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
• P.Jesson Collins, Trujillo, Colon, Honduras 2018

Vernacular names

English: Princess of the night

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