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Cereus hexagonus
Cereus hexagonus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenus: C. subg. Cereus
Species: Cereus hexagonus

Name

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Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. (1768)

Synonyms

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  • Cactus hexagonus L., Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    •  Cereus surinamensis Trew, Ephem. Nat. Cur. 3: 394. 1733 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cactus hexagonus Lam., Encycl. 1(2): 538. 1785 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cactus regalis Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 2: 496. 1825 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 133. 1937 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 246. 1840 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus northumberlandianus Lamb. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 91. 1841 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus perrottetianus Lem., Icon. Cact.: pl. 8. 1841 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 399. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 207. 1850 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Piptanthocereus lepidotus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(12): 7. 1934 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus perlucens K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173. 1900 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm., Bras. Säulenkakt.: 112. 1933 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 144. 1951 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
    • Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452. 1935 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Cereus longiflorus Alexander in Lloydia 2: 199. 1939 syn. sec. Tropicos
    • Cactus peruvianus DC., Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 58. 1800, nom. inval., syn. sec. POWO. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Notes

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  • Homonyms:
    • Cactus hexagonus Vell. (1829) = unplaced.
    • Cactus hexagonus Lam. (1785) = Melocactus monoclonos DC. ex Steud.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico

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

References

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Vernacular names

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English: lady of the night cactus, queen-of-the-night, tall columnar cactus
español: cacto columnar
lietuvių: Šešiabriaunis stulpenis
 
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