Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Paraguay
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Piptanthocereus forbesii (C.F.Först.) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 228 (1909)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cereus cochabambensis Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 42: 30 (1970)
- Cereus cochabambensis var. longicarpa Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 42: 184 (1970)
- Cereus comarapanus Cárdenas in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1956: 5 (1956)
- Cereus hankeanus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 88 (1897)
- Cereus huilunchu Cárdenas in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1951: 49 (1951)
- Piptanthocereus comarapanus (Cárdenas) F.Ritter in Kakteen Südamerika 2: 555 (1980)
- Piptanthocereus forbesii var. bolivianus F.Ritter in Kakteen Südamerika 2: 554 (1980)
- Piptanthocereus hankeanus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 229 (1909)
- Piptanthocereus huilunchu (Cárdenas) F.Ritter in Kakteen Südamerika 2: 556 (1980)
- Piptanthocereus labouretianus Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 231 (1909)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Hunt, D. (2016). CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cereus hankeanus.]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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14475.000 | No | ||||
Jan 1, 2002 | Nee, M. [50321], Bolivia | Cereus comarapanus | K000036563 | No | |
Nee [50733], Bolivia | Cereus comarapanus | K000009603 | 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