Disocactus speciosus

Taxonavigation

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

Disocactus speciosus (Cav.) Barthlott, Bradleya 9: 87. 1991.

- Neotype (designated by Bauer, R. 20031): Mexico, Distrito Federal, native on the pedregal of the botanical garden of the University of Mexico, 6 Aug 1962, M. Kimnach 383 (HNT)

- Cactus speciosus Cav. in Anales Ci. Univ. Madrid 6: 339. 1803 syn. sec. Cruz & al. 2016
- Cereus speciosus Cav. in Anales Ci. Univ. Madrid 6: 339. 1803 syn. sec. Cruz & al. 2016
- Epiphyllum speciosum (Cav.) Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 84. 1819 syn. sec. Cruz & al. 2016
- Cereus speciosus (Cav.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 172. 1826 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cereus speciosus (Cav.) K.Schum. ex Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 179. 1894 syn. sec. Cruz & al. 2016
- Heliocereus speciosus (Cav.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 434. 1909 syn. sec. Cruz & al. 2016
Cereus bifrons Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 76. 1819 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
Cereus jenkinsonii Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 237. 1830 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cereus setiger Haw. in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 9: 109. 1830 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
Cereus hybridus Otto in Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 72. 1833 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cereus coccineus Engelm., Pl. Fendler.: 51. 1849 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cereus lateritius Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 53. 1850 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
Cereus speciosus var. coccineus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 154. 1897 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Canary Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Anderson, E. F. 2001. The Cactus Family (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9
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.

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Disocactus speciosus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Disocactus speciosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Disocactus speciosus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Disocactus speciosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Disocactus speciosus. 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 Dec 22. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Disocactus speciosus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: sun cereus
español: nopalillo, pitajaya de cerro, santa marta
svenska: solkaktus

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