Selenicereus extensus

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: Selenicereus
Species: Selenicereus extensus

Name

Selenicereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Leuenb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 123(1): 56 (2001)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus extensus Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 469. 1828, non Hook. Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4066 (1844).

• Homotypic
  • Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Britton & Rose ex Rose in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1626 (1915)
  • Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 28 (2003), comb. superfl.
  • Mediocactus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 4(1–2): 42 (2002)

Note:

• The illustration in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4066 (1844), shows Hylocereus monacanthus and not this species.

References

• Leuenberger, B.E. 2001. Selenicereus extensus (Cactaceae), new combination and taxonomic history. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 123(1): 47–62.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Selenicereus extensus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Rose, J.N. in Bailey, L.H. 1915. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1626.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Selenicereus extensus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.