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

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 2: 213, f. 293. 1920. (Cact.)

Basionym:

Cereus testudo Karw. ex Zucc. 

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:  Deamia Britton & Rose

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  Cereus testudo Karw. ex Zucc.  as basionym:

Selenicereus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Buxb.

Strophocactus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Ralf Bauer

Projects: Costa Rica , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , VPA

Common Names:

• devil guts (English, Belize)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. 2025. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Pitahaya de monte
  • No References available
• Pitaya de tortuga (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. 2025. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Pitaya de tortuga (Spanish, Mexico, Yucatán)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. 2025. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
• Tionoste (Costa Rica)
  • No References available

Keywords: VPA, FM