Selenicereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Leuenb.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 123: 56 (2001)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Guianas. It is a succulent epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cereaster extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) F.Berge in Buch Welt: 90 (1842)
- Cereus extensus Salm-Dyck ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 469 (1828)
- Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Britton & Rose in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1626 (1915)
- Mediocactus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Doweld in Tsukkulenty 4: 42 (2001 publ. 2002)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cereus subsquamatus Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 380 (1835)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Hylocereus extensus | K000101244 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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