Myrtillocactus geometrizans

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: Echinocereeae
Genus: Myrtillocactus
Species: Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Name

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

Synonyms

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

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, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Console, M. (1897) Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 1: 10.

Additional references

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. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 17. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. Published online. Accessed: Dec 17 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Myrtillocactus geometrizans. 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 17. Reference page.
LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Jan 12.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Myrtillocactus geometrizans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Blue Candle Cactus
español: garambullo