Cactaceae

Harrisia Britton

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 561 (1908 publ. 1909)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Florida to Caribbean, Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Arborescent, arching or rarely prostrate cacti with slender, branched stems, the elongate branches fluted or angled; areoles borne on ribs or prominences, spiny
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers nocturnal, solitary at areoles near branch ends; perianth funnel-form, large, with a cylindric scaly tube as long as the limb or longer, the scales subtending areoles that bear tufts of woolly hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens numerous, shorter than the perianth
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary and young fruit tuberculate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit more or less globose, usually bearing sharp deciduous scales and small tufts of woolly hairs; seeds numerous, black.
Distribution
A genus of 9 species, widely distributed from Florida to Argentina, of which one, Harrisia gracilis, is West Indian.
[Cayman]

Sources

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0