Hylocereeae

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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
Genera: Acanthocereus – Aporocactus – Disocactus – Epiphyllum – Kimnachia – Pseudorhipsalis – Selenicereus – Weberocereus

Name

Hylocereeae Buxb., Madroño 14(6): 179–181 (1958).

• Type genus: Hylocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(10): 428 (1909), vide Selenicereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429 (1909).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hylocereinae Britton & Rose, (1920).
• Heterotypic
  • Epiphyllinae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 177 (1923).
    • Type genus: Epiphyllum Haw.
  • Weberocereinae Doweld, Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 32 (2001).
    • Type genus: Weberocereus Britton & Rose
  • Phyllocacteae Rchb., (1841).
    • Type genus: Phyllocactus Link, vide Epiphyllum Haw.

References

Primary references

• Buxbaum, F. 1958. Madroño 14(6): 179–181.
• Doweld, A.B. 2001. Re-classification of Rhipsalideae, a polyphyletic tribe of the Cactaceae Durande (Delineatio et revisio critica tribuum Rhipsalideae DC. et Hylocereeae F. Buxb. (Cactaceae)). Sukkulenty 4(1–2): 25–45. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cruz, M.Á., Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Disocactus (Cactaceae), based on the DNA sequences of six chloroplast markers. Willdenowia 46: 145–164. DOI: 10.3372/wi.46.46112 Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Borsch, T. & Arias, S., 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Nyffeler, R. & Eggli, U. 2010. A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109–149. Full text (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Hylocereeae. Published online. Accessed: 02 June 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Hylocereeae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 December 2021. Reference page.

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