Epiphyllum Haw.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Assam, China South-Central, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Leeward Is., Marquesas, Marshall Is., Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Phyllocereus Miq. in Bull. Sci. Phys. Nat. Néerl. 1839: 112 (1839), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Marniera Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 153 (1950)
- Phyllocactus Link in Handbuch 2: 10 (1831)
Accepted Species
- Epiphyllum baueri Dorsch
- Epiphyllum cartagense (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
- Epiphyllum chrysocardium Alexander
- Epiphyllum grandilobum (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
- Epiphyllum hookeri Haw.
- Epiphyllum laui Kimnach
- Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
- Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.
- Epiphyllum pumilum Britton & Rose
- Epiphyllum thomasianum (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
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