Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Distribution
Native to:
Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
Introduced into:
Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, China South-Central, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Marshall Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cereus oxypetalus DC. in Prodr. 3: 470 (1828)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cactus oxypetalus Moc. & Sessé ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 470 (1828)
- Cereus latifrons Zucc. in Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 2: 735 (1837)
- Epiphyllum acuminatum K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(2): 222 (1890)
- Epiphyllum grande (Lem.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 257 (1913)
- Epiphyllum latifrons (Zucc.) Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 125 (1837)
- Epiphyllum oxypetalum var. purpusii (Weing.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 2: 747 (1959)
- Epiphyllum purpusii (Weing.) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 161 (1936)
- Phyllocactus acuminatus (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 213 (1897)
- Phyllocactus grandis Lem. in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 3: 255 verso (1847)
- Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongn. ex Labour. in Monogr. Cact.: 416 (1853)
- Phyllocactus latifrons (Zucc.) Link ex Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341 (1843)
- Phyllocactus oxypetalus (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Link in W.G.Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341 (1843)
- Phyllocactus purpusii Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 34 (1907)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Sant'Ana Melhem, T., das Graças Lapa Wanderley, M., Ehlin Martins, S., Jung-Mendaçolli, S.L., Shepherd, G.J. & Kirizawa, M. (eds.) (2007). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 5: 1-476. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
- Véliz, M. (2008). Las Cactáceas de Guatemala: 1-129. Unidad de Investigación Herbario BIGU, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Amith, J. & collaborators (2020). Nahuatl Learning Environment http://www.balsas-nahuatl.org/index.html.
- Florence, J. (2004). Flore de la Polynésie Française 2: 1-503. IRD editions, Paris.
- Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Magaji [MG749], Nigeria | K000101471 | No | |||
Powell [735], Christmas I. | K000101470 | No | |||
Clarke [3502] | K000101462 | No | |||
Robertson [0] | K000101461 | No | |||
Heringer [7487], Minas Gerais | K000101472 | No | |||
Clarke [3502] | K000101463 | No | |||
Maxon [4520], Cuba | K000101381 | No | |||
Malton [0] | K000101465 | No | |||
Birdsey [395], Mexico | K000062682 | No | |||
K000101464 | No | ||||
Birdsey [0], Mexico | K000101468 | No | |||
Lim Chow Kiah [0] | K000101467 | No | |||
Laleshuahara [407] | K000101469 | No | |||
Teruya [2804] | K000100278 | No | |||
Jenang [59366], Sarawak | K000100069 | No | |||
Hammel et al [20393], Costa Rica | K000100108 | No | |||
Broadway [9408] | K000101382 | No | |||
Bourgeau [0], Mexico | K000062683 | No | |||
Nus [0] | K000101466 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images