Epiphyllum

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Epiphyllum
Species: E. baueri – E. cartagense – E. chrysocardium – E. grandilobum – E. hookeri – E. laui – E. oxypetalum – E. phyllanthus – E. pumilum – E. thomasianum

Source(s) of checklist:
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Epiphyllum in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.

Name

Epiphyllum Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ. 197. 1812.

Type species: Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Phyllocactus Link, Handbuch 2: 10. 1831, nom. superfl.
  - Type: Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.
  - Athrophyllum subg. Pyllocactus (Link) Labour., Monogr. Cact. 406. 1853, nom. inval.
- Epiphyllum sect. Nocturna G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 170. 1834, nom. inval.

Heterotypic
- Athrophyllum Labour., Monogr. Cact. 406. 1853, p.p. nom. illeg.
  - Type species: non design.
- Cereus [infragen.unranked] Radicantes Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1841: 31. 1841.
  - Cereus sect. Radicantes (Salm-Dyck) Walp., Rep. Bot. Syst. 2: 278. 1843, p.p.
    - Type species: non design.
- Cereus subg. Alati Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 469. 1828, p.p., as Alatae.
  - Type species: non design.
- Phyllocereus Miq., Bull. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Brux. 112. 1839, nom. superfl.
  - Type species: non design.
- Marniera Backeb., Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 153. 1950.
  - Epiphyllum subg. Marniera (Backeb.) Croizat, Phytologia 28(1): 19. 1974.
    - Type: Marniera macroptera (Lem.) Backeb.
- Chiapasophyllum Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 32. 2002.
  - Type: Chiapasophyllum chrysocardium (Alexander) Doweld

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Mexico to Tropical America
- 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.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Haworth, A.H. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum: cum descriptionibus, synonymis, locis, observationibus anglicanis, culturaque. 334 pp. London: R. Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 197

Additional references

Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Epiphyllum in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Epiphyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Epiphyllum. Published online. Accessed: Dec 22 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Epiphyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Epiphyllum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 22. Reference page.
Epiphyllum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)

Vernacular names

English: Orchid Cacti, Leaf Cacti
español: Orquídea Cacto, Hoja Cacto
suomi: Lehtikaktukset
français: Cactus Orchidée, Cactus à Feuilles
polski: Epifyllum
svenska: Bladkaktussläktet

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