Selenicereus glaber

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 glaber
Subspecies: S. g. subsp. glaber – S. g. subsp. mirandae

Name

Selenicereus glaber (Eichlam) S.Arias & N.Korotkova ex D.R.Hunt in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 39: 4. (2018)

• Lectotype (designated by Bauer, R. 2003: 501): Guatemala. locality unknown, '1910', Eichlam s.n. (US-68419)
• Epitype (designated by Bauer, R. 2003: 501): Guatemala. Road to Antigua, July 1909, Deam s.n. (US-68420)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus glaber Eichlam, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 150 (1910)
• Homotypic
  • Werckleocereus glaber (Eichlam) Britton & Rose, Addisonia 2: 13, pl. 47. (1917)
  • Weberocereus glaber (Eichlam) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 37(2): 46. (1982)
  • Weberocereus glaber subsp. glaber
    

Note: Validation of Selenicereus glaber (Eichlam) S.Arias & N.Korotkova in Phytotaxa 327(1): 25. (2017), nom. inval., contrary to Art. 41.5. ICN (2012) Note2: See Weberocereus glaber for an alternative taxonomy. The references support both taxonomic opinions to date.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Arias Montes, S. & Korotkova, N. 2018. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 39: 4.

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. Selenicereus glaber in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Selenicereus glaber in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 6. Reference page.  as Weberocereus glaber (Eichlam) G.D.Rowley, Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 37: 46 (1982)
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus glaber. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus glaber. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Selenicereus glaber. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 6. Reference page.  as Weberocereus glaber subsp. glaber

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