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

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(9): 258. 1912-1916[1913]. (6 Jun 1913) (Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Collected in Guatemala and flowered in Washington, 3 Oct 1912

Collector and Number: F. Eichlam s.n.

Distribution: Guatemala

Institution(s): HT: US-691392

Type Specimens

• HT: F. Eichlam - s.n. - US - (BC:US00115649/A:691392). (US - (BC:US00115649/A:691392))

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 for this basionym:

Phyllocactus pumilus (Britton & Rose) Vaupel

Projects: Mesoamericana , VPA

Common Names:

• Pitaya (Spanish, Mexico, Chiapas)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp. 2024. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): ined. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Keywords: FM