Selenicereus anthonyanus

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

Primary references

• Hunt, D. (1989) Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 7: 93.

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. Selenicereus anthonyanus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Selenicereus anthonyanus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus anthonyanus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus anthonyanus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Selenicereus anthonyanus. 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 23. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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

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