Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name with Basionym (New Combination) Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Haworth, Adrian Hardy

Published In: Synopsis plantarum succulentarum ... 197. 1812. (Syn. Pl. Succ.)
Annotation: as "Phyllanthus"

Basionym:

!Cactus phyllanthus L. 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Epiphyllum Haw.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names with  !Cactus phyllanthus L.  as basionym:

Cereus phyllanthus (L.) DC.

Opuntia phyllanthus (L.) Mill.

!Phyllocactus phyllanthus (L.) Link

**Phyllocactus phyllanthus (L.) Salm-Dyck

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , Ecuador , Flora of Panama , IPCN , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , MPSA , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , Selva Central Peru , VPA

Common Names:

• pitajaya (spanish, Bolivia, Santa Cruz)
  • Mostacedo C., B. & Y. Uslar. 1999. Plantas silvestres con frutos y semillas comestibles del departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia: un inventario preliminar. Revista Soc. Boliv. Bot. 2(2): 203–226.
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Keywords: BOL, CEC, FNA, FVG, VPA, PAN