Pereskia horrida

Pereskia horrida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Pereskioideae
Genus: Pereskia
Subgenus: P. subg. Pereskia
Series: P. ser. Andeopereskia
Species: Pereskia horrida

Name

Pereskia horrida (Kunth) DC., 1828

• • Holotype: Peru, Jaén de Bracamoros, in collibus siccis, ad flumen Marañón. Aug 1802, Humbold & Bonpland 3594 (lectotype P; isotypes B-W, MO, P)

Synonyms

• Cactus horridus Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 70. 1823 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Rhodocactus horridus (Kunth) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 97. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Pereskia humboldtii Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 251. 1923 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Pereskia vargasii H.Johnson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24(4): 115. 1952 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
  • Pereskia vargasii var. longispina Rauh & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia vargasii var. rauhii Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
• Pereskia humboldtii var. rauhii (Backeb.) Leuenb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 69. 1986 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Pereskia horrida subsp. rauhii (Backeb.) Ostolaza in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 9. 1998 syn. sec. Hunt 2006

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Peru, dry valleys of the Rio Marañon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 3: 475

Additional references

• 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. 2022. Pereskia horrida in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pereskia horrida in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pereskia horrida. Published online. Accessed: Jan 20 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pereskia horrida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

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