Pereskia aculeata

Pereskia aculeata

Pereskia aculeata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Pereskioideae
Genus: Pereskia
Subgenus: P. subg. Pereskia
Series: P. ser. Pereskia
Species: Pereskia aculeata

Name

Pereskia aculeata Mill. (1768)

• • Lectotype (designated by Leuenberger, B. E. 19861): [illustration] Plate 227, fig. 294 of Dillenius, Hortus elthamensis. 1732

Synonyms

• Cactus pereskia L., Sp. Pl.: 469. 1753 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
• Pereskia pereskia (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 888. 1882 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
• Pereskia peireskia H.Karst. in Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 107. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus lucidus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 849. 1796, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia longispina Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 178. 1812 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Pereskia aculeata var. longispina (Haw.) DC., Prodr. 3: 475. 1828 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Pereskia aculeata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 202. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Pereskia arcadia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. The Plant List v. 1.1 2013 [non Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. 1837]
  • Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Hort.Dyck. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
• Pereskia aculeata f. rubescens (Pfeiff.) Krainz, Kakteen 41A: A. 1969 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
• Pereskia rubescens (Pfeiff.) Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(2): 3. 1929 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia brasiliensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Pereskia braziliensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Pereskia aculeata var. brasiliensis (Pfeiff.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 50. 1937 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pereskia fragrans Lem., Hort. Universel 2: 40. 1841 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Pereskia undulata Lem., Ill. Hort. 5 (Misc.): 11. 1858 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia aculeata var. rotunda Monach., Ill. Dict. Gard.: 589. 1901 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pereskia foetens Speg. in Weingart in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 134. 1904 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Pereskia godseffiana Anon. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 43: 257. 1908 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (Anon.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth ex Krainz, Kakteen: A. 1969 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Paraguay Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Regional: Central America Panamá Introduced into: Ascension, Bermuda, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : ed. 8: Pereskia.

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. 2022. Pereskia aculeata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pereskia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pereskia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 20 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Pereskia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan 2022.
• The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Aug 27.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pereskia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Barbados gooseberry, leaf cactus, blade-apple cactus
español: bugambilia blanca, camelia blanca, grosellero, jasmín de uvas, ramo de novia
français: Groseillier des Barbades
lietuvių: Dygliuotoji pereskija
português: Ora-pro-nobis, azedinha, Cipó-Santo, espinho-de-Santo-Antônio, espinho-preto, lobolôbô, surucucú
русский: Переския шиповатая

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