Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Myrtillocactus
Species: Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Name

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  • Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console, Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 1: 10. 1897 [1].

Synonyms

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  • Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Cereus aquicaulensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 90. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus gladiator Otto & A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus pugionifer Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 30. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 48. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus geometrizans var. pugioniferus (Lem.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 48. 1850 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. pugionifera (Lem.) Console in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 10. 1897 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus garambello Haage ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 433. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus gladiator var. geometrizans Monv. in Cat. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus pugionifer var. quadrangulispinus Lem. ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 395. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus arrigens Monv. ex Labour., Monogr. Cactaceae: 367. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus geometrizans var. quadrangularispinus Lem. ex Labour., Monogr. Cact.: 367. 1853 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Myrtillocactus pugionifer A.Berger, Kakteen: 160. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Myrtillocactus hertrichii Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1: 136. 1930 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Myrtillocactus grandiareolatus Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 3: 15. 1932 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. grandiareolatus (Bravo) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 3267. 1960 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Myrtillocereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (K.Schum.) Frič & Kreuz. in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 11. 1935 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
    • Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. hintonii W.A.Fitz Maur. in Cact. Suc. Mex. 34: 89. 1989 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 105. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Myrtillocereus geometrizans Frič & Kreuz. in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 11. 1935, nom. inval., syn. sec. Tropicos

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Spain

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

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Blue Candle Cactus
español: garambullo


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