Epiphyllum hookeri

Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. hookeri

Epiphyllum hookeri

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: Hylocereeae
Genus: Epiphyllum
Species: Epiphyllum hookeri
Subspecies: E. h. subsp. columbiense – E. h. subsp. guatemalense – E. h. subsp. hookeri – E. h. subsp. pittieri

Name

Epiphyllum hookeri Haw., 1829.

Synonyms

• Cereus hookeri (Haw.) Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 125. 1837 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Phyllocactus hookeri (Haw.) Walp., Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341. 1843 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Phyllocactus hookeri (Haw.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 38. 1850 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Epiphyllum phyllanthus var. hookeri (Haw.) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 36: 113. 1964 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Epiphyllum phyllanthus subsp. hookeri (Haw.) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Ecuador Regional: Western South America Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad-Tobago Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Cayman Is., Cuba, Florida, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Haworth, A.H. 1829. Phil. Mag. 6:108.

Additional references

• Anderson, E.F. 2001. The Cactus Family. (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
• Hunt, D., Taylor, N. & Charles, G. (ed.) 2006. The New Cactus Lexicon. Milborne Port. ISBN 0-9538134-4-4.
• 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. Epiphyllum hookeri 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. Epiphyllum hookeri 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. Epiphyllum hookeri. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Epiphyllum hookeri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Epiphyllum hookeri. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: climbing cactus, Nightblooming Cactus
español: Nopalillo de Hooker
svenska: Stjärnbladkaktus
中文: 红柱昙花

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