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

Authors:

Lindley, John

Published In: Edwards's Botanical Register 31: t. 9. 1845. (Edwards's Bot. Reg.)

Basionym:

Cereus biformis Lindl. 

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:  Disocactus Lindl.

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 biformis Lindl.  as basionym:

**Disisocactus biformis (Lindl.) Kunze

Epiphyllum biforme (Lindl.) G. Don

Phyllocactus biformis (Lindl.) Labour.

Projects: IPCN , Mesoamericana , VPA

Common Names:

• Paxte de palo (Spanish, Guatemala)
  • Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. 2025. Cycadaceae a Cactaceae. 2(1): in press. In C. Ulloa Ulloa, H. M. Hernández Macías, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp Fl. Mesoamer.. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Keywords: BCA, VPA, JCS