Selenicereus anthonyanus
Selenicereus anthonyanus

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: Selenicereus
Sectio: S. sect. Cryptocereus
Species: Selenicereus anthonyanus

Name

  • Selenicereus anthonyanus (E.J.Alexander) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 7: 93. 1989.
    • Lectotype (designated by Bauer, R. 2003: 501): [illustration] “Fig. 64” of Alexander Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 166. 1950
    • Type: Mexico, Chiapas, Pico Carrizal, 12 miles north of Ocozocuautla, near the trail to Quechula, Feb. 1946, T. MacDougall, cult. H. E. Anthony (NY, not extant)

Note

The epithet of the species honors the American Harald E. Anthony, who made the plants bloom for the first time.

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cryptocereus anthonyanus E.J.Alexander, Cact. Succ. Journ. US 22: 163–166. 1950.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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

References

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Vernacular names

English: Rick Rack Cactus, Zig-zag cactus, St. Anthony's Rik-Rak
español: Pitayita Nocturna
svenska: platt nattkaktus
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