Selenicereus pteranthus (Link ex A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose
First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 431 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Tamaulipas to Tabasco) to Belize, N. Caribbean. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast
Introduced into:
Florida, Honduras, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cereus pteranthus Link ex A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 209 (1834)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cereus boeckmannii Otto ex Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 217 (1850)
- Cereus grandiflorus var. ophites K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 183 (1903)
- Cereus grusonianus Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 54 (1905)
- Cereus irradians Lem. in Ill. Hort. 11(Misc.): 74 (1864)
- Cereus kunthianus Salm-Dyck in Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2: 217 (1850)
- Cereus macdonaldiae Hook. in Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4707 (1853)
- Cereus rothii Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 32: 146 (1922)
- Cereus vaupelii Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 106 (1912)
- Selenicereus boeckmannii (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429 (1909)
- Selenicereus brevispinus Britton & Rose in Cact. 2: 201 (1920)
- Selenicereus grandiflorus var. irradians (Lem.) Borg in Cacti (Borg), ed. 2: 206 (1951)
- Selenicereus grandiflorus var. ophites (K.Schum.) Borg in Cacti (Borg), ed. 2: 206 (1951)
- Selenicereus grandiflorus var. telli Borg in Cacti (Borg), ed. 2: 161, 206 (1951), not validly publ.
- Selenicereus grusonianus (Weing.) A.Berger in Kakteen: 116 (1929)
- Selenicereus kunthianus (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 430 (1909)
- Selenicereus macdonaldiae (Hook.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 430 (1909)
- Selenicereus macdonaldiae var. grusonianus (Weing.) Backeb. in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 2: 788 (1959)
- Selenicereus pteranthus f. macdonaldiae (Hook.) Ralf Bauer in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 44 (2003)
- Selenicereus rothii (Weing.) A.Berger in Kakteen: 116 (1929)
- Selenicereus vaupelii (Weing.) A.Berger in Kakteen: 114 (1929)
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.
- Correa A., Mireya D. Galdames, Carmen Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. S. de Stapf (2004). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
- Meyrán García, J. (2008). El género Selenicereus en México. Cactáceas y suculentas Mexicanas 53: 76-95.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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.
- Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Meyrán García, J. (2008). El género Selenicereus en México. Cactáceas y suculentas Mexicanas 53: 76-95.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2000 | Lamb, B.M. [137], USA | 29047.682 | No | ||
14487.000 | No | ||||
Webb [0], USA | K000100212 | No | |||
Britton [0], USA | K000100211 | No | |||
Berger [0] | K000101321 | Yes | |||
K000101319 | No | ||||
K000101318 | No | ||||
K000101317 | No | ||||
Fraile [0] | K000101316 | No | |||
Purpus [0], Mexico | K000100205 | No | |||
Palmer [0], Mexico | K000100209 | No | |||
Palmer [0], Mexico | K000100198 | No | |||
Palmer [0], Mexico | K000100201 | No | |||
Eggers [5343], Cuba | K000100196 | No | |||
Maxon [4511], Cuba | K000100192 | No | |||
Baker [0], Cuba | K000100190 | No | |||
Britton [0], USA | K000100214 | No | |||
Stearns [0], Mexico | K000100200 | No | |||
van Hermann [915], Cuba | K000100194 | No | |||
Maxon [0], Cuba | K000100195 | No | |||
Maxon [0], Cuba | K000100197 | No | |||
K000101320 | No | ||||
Palmer [0], Mexico | K000100202 | No | |||
Maxon [0], Cuba | K000100193 | No | |||
Brown, E. N. [0] | Selenicereus macdonaldiae | K000100186 | No | ||
Selenicereus macdonaldiae | K000100187 | No | |||
Maxon [4508], Cuba | Selenicereus brevispinus | K000101295 | No | ||
Shafer, J.A. [2811], Cuba | Selenicereus brevispinus | K000101294 | Yes | ||
Selenicereus boeckmannii | 14485.000 | No | |||
Leonard, C. E. [4037], Haiti | Selenicereus boeckmannii | K000101293 | Yes | ||
Maxon [4511], Cuba | Selenicereus boeckmannii | K000101292 | Yes | ||
Honduras | Selenicereus kunthianus | 22064.000 | No | ||
Selenicereus rothii | 49974.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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