Selenicereus undatus

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Selenicereus undatus
Selenicereus undatus

Taxonavigation edit

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
Species: Selenicereus undatus

Name edit

Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R.Hunt, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 36: 35. (2017)

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Cereus undatus Haw., Phil. Mag. 7: 110 (1830)
  • Homotypic
  • Heterotypic
    • Cereus tricostatus Rol.-Goss., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 664. (1908) syn. sec. Korotkova & al. (2017)
    • Hylocereus tricostatus (aut|Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429. (1909) syn. sec. Korotkova & al. (2017)
    • Hylocereus undatus subsp. luteocarpus Cálix de Dios, Haseltonia 11: 12. (2005)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hainan, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Mauritius, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tunisia, Vietnam, Windward Is.

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Dragon Fruit, Pitahaya, Strawberry Pear
suomi: Tarhametsäkaktus, pitaijakaktus
français: fruit du dragon
српски / srpski: Змајево воће / Zmajevo voće, Питаја / Pitaja, Црвено змајево воће / Crveno zmajevo voće
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