Cereus hexagonus

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Cereus hexagonus

Cereus hexagonus

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: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenus: C. subg. Cereus
Species: Cereus hexagonus

Name

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. (1768)

Synonyms

• 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

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

Distribution

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

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : ed. 8, n. 1.

Additional references

• Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 
• 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. Cereus hexagonus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cereus hexagonus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cereus hexagonus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 01 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cereus hexagonus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cereus hexagonus. 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 Apr 01. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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

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