Selenicereus spinulosus

Selenicereus spinulosus

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
Sectio: S. sect. Selenicereus
Species: Selenicereus spinulosus

Name

Selenicereus spinulosus (DC.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 43 (1909).

• • Type (designated by Doweld, A.B. 2002: 421): Mexico. Tamaulipas: 14 miles east of El Salto, 4 March 1969, Harmon 1347 (UMO-92557)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus spinulosus DC., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 177 (1828).

• Homotypic
  • Mediocactus spinulosus (DC.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 42 (2002).

• Heterotypic
  • Selenicereus pseudospinulosus Weingart, Monat. Beutsch. Kakt. Ges. 2: 255 (1931).
  • Selenicereus pseudospinulosus Weing. in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 255. 1931, nom. nud., syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Regional: Southern Central USA Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1909) Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 43.

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 spinulosus 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. 2021. Selenicereus spinulosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus spinulosus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus spinulosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Selenicereus spinulosus. 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 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Spiny Moon Cereus, Vine-like Moonlight Cactus
español: Pitayita-nocturna espinosa
svenska: Småtaggig nattkaktus

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