Schlumbergera truncata

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: Rhipsalideae
Genus: Schlumbergera
Subgenus: S. subg. Schlumbergera
Species: Schlumbergera truncata

Name

Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran, Gentes Herbarum 8: 329 (1953).

- Type: cult. Hort. Kew., 1818, not known to have been preserved
- Neotype (designated by Barthlott, W. & Taylor, N. P. 1995: 751): [icon.] Hooker, Exotic Flora 1: tab. 20 (1822) - illustration of a plant sent from Kew by Aiton

Synonyms

Basionym
Epiphyllum truncatum Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 85 (1819) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Homotypic
Cactus truncatus (Haw.) Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 24 (1822) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Cereus truncatus (Haw.) Sweet in Hort. Brit. 1: 172 (1826) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Zygocactus truncatus (Haw.) K.Schum., Fl. Bras. 4(2): 224 (1890) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Heterotypic
- Epiphyllum altensteinii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 128 (1837) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Epiphyllum truncatum var. altensteinii (Pfeiff.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 76 (1839) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
Zygocactus altensteinii (Pfeiff.) K.Schum., Fl. Bras. 4(2): 225 (1890) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Schlumbergera truncata var. altensteinii (Pfeiff.) Moran in Gentes Herbarum 8(4): 330 (1953) syn. sec. IPNI
- Epiphyllum smithianum Marnock in Floric. Cab. & Florists Mag. 8: t. 13 (1840) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum purpurascens Lem., Hort. Universel 2: 349 (1841) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
- Epiphyllum elegans Cels ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 446 (1846) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum ruckeri Paxton in Paxtons Mag. Bot. 12: 46. 1846 syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum violaceum Cels ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 446 (1846) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum bridgesii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 8: Misc. 5 (1861) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Epiphyllum truncatum var. bridgesii (Lem.) Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 870 (1885) syn. sec. ???
Schlumbergera bridgesii (Lem.) Loefgr. in Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 32 (1918) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Zygocactus bridgesii (Lem.) Linding. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 61A: 378 (1942) syn. sec. IPNI
- Epiphyllum ruckerianum Lem. in Ill. Hort. 8: Misc. 5 (1861) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum truncatum var. cruentum T.Br. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318 (1864) syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Epiphyllum truncatum var. magnificum T.Br. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318 (1864) syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Epiphyllum truncatum var. spectabile T.Br. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 318 (1864) syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Epiphyllum guedneyrii Houllet in Rev. Hort. 47: 230 (1875) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum salmoneum Cels ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 223 (1897) syn. sec. WFO 2019
- Epiphyllum delicatum N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron. III 1902(2): 411 (1902) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Zygocactus delicatus (N.E.Br.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 260 (1913) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
Zygocactus truncatus var. delicatus (N.E.Br.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 160 (1936) ["1935"] syn. sec. IPNI
Schlumbergera truncata var. delicata (N.E.Br.) Moran in Gentes Herbarum 8(4): 330 (1953) syn. sec. Barthlott & Taylor 1995
- Epiphyllum truncatum var. wagneri Rol.-Goss. ex Guillaumin in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 1032 (1932) syn. sec. WFO 2019

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast Introduced into: Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Moran, R.V. 1953. Gentes Herbarum 8: 329.

Additional references

McMillan, A.J.S. & Horobin, J.F. 1995. Christmas Cacti. The genus Schlumbergera and its hybrids. Milborne Port.
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. Schlumbergera truncata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 29. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Schlumbergera truncata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Schlumbergera truncata. Published online. Accessed: Mar 03 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Schlumbergera truncata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Schlumbergera truncata. 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 Mar 03. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Schlumbergera truncata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2021 Mar 03.

Vernacular names

dansk: Helligdagskaktus
Deutsch: Weihnachtskakteen
English: Holiday Cactus
suomi: Marraskuunkaktus
hrvatski: Zygocactus truncatus
한국어: 게발선인장
português: Flor-de-maio
svenska: Novemberkaktus

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