Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Lindley, John

Published In: Edwards's Botanical Register 29: Misc. 51. 1843. (Edwards's Bot. Reg.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: A curious and very pretty plant from Honduras, communicated by Sir Charles Lemmon

Distribution: Belize

Note: Nelson in Fontqueria 44: 58 (1996) notes that Honduras, as cited in the protologue refers to British Honduras (Belize)

Type Specimens

• NT: C. K. Horich - s.n. - US - (BC:US00173388/A:2386490). Horich s.n.; 9 Mar 1957; Guatemala: Sacatepéquez, 6 km north of Alotenango, gorge of Río Guacaláte, 1300 m. (US - (BC:US00173388/A:2386490))

  • Neotype designated by:  Kimnach, M.W. 1993. The genus Disocactus. Haseltonia 1: 111.
• HT: Sir Charles Lemon s.n.; ; Belize

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:  Cereus Mill.

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 for this basionym:

**Disisocactus biformis (Lindl.) Kunze

Disocactus biformis (Lindl.) Lindl.

Epiphyllum biforme (Lindl.) G. Don

Epiphyllum biformis (Lindl.) G. Don

Phyllocactus biformis (Lindl.) Labour.

Projects: Mesoamericana , VPA

Keywords: JCS