Cereus forbesii, Argentina

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: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenus: C. subg. Cereus
Species: Cereus forbesii

Name edit

Cereus forbesii C.F.Först. (1846)

Synonymy edit

  • Piptanthocereus forbesii Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 228. 1909 syn. sec. Jørgensen & al. 2014
  • Piptanthocereus labouretianus Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 231. 1909 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Piptanthocereus forbesii var. bolivianus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 554. 1980 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Paraguay

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

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