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

Authors: Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 2: 213, f. 293. 1920. (Cact.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
Basionym:
Cereus testudo Karw. ex Zucc. 
Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept:    details Conservation Status:
  • CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
    • Reference Reference article UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge. View in Biodiversity Heritage Library
    • Conservation System Reference article UNEP-WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge. View in Biodiversity Heritage Library
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)
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Pitahaya de monte
    • No References available
  • Pitaya de tortuga (Spanish, Guatemala)
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Pitaya de tortuga (Spanish, Mexico, Yucatán)
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Tionoste (Costa Rica)
    • No References available
Keywords: VPA, FM

Synonyms
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  • Cereus miravallensis F.A.C. Weber
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Cereus pentapterus Otto ex Salm-Dyck
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Cereus pterogonus Lem.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Cereus testudo Karw. ex Zucc.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
    • Reference article Korotkova, N., T. Borsch & S. Arias. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. view
    • Reference article Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Cactaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part VII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7/2): 187–234. bhl
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Deamia diabolica Clover
    • Reference article Korotkova, N., T. Borsch & S. Arias. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. view
    • Reference article Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Cactaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part VII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7/2): 187–234. bhl
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Selenicereus miravallensis (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Selenicereus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Buxb.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
    • Reference article Korotkova, N., T. Borsch & S. Arias. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. view
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
  • Strophocactus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Ralf Bauer
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
    • Reference article Korotkova, N., T. Borsch & S. Arias. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. view
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
Accepted Names
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Accepted By:
  • Reference article Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
  • Reference article Hammel, B. E., M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera Mora & N. Zamora. 2020-onward. Taxonomic and editorial changes made by the general editors to the on-line version of Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. MPCR Vers. Internet MPCR
  • Reference article Korotkova, N., T. Borsch & S. Arias. 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. view
  • Reference article Molina R., A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118. view article
  • Reference article Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Cactaceae. En: Standley, P.C. & Williams, L.O. (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part VII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7/2): 187–234. bhl
  • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Reference article Ulloa Ulloa, C., P. Acevedo-Rodríguez, S. G. Beck, M. J. Belgrano, R. Bernal, P. E. Berry, L. Brako, M. Celis, G. Davidse, S. R. Gradstein, O. Hokche, B. León, S. León-Yánez, R. E. Magill, D. A. Neill, M. H. Nee, P. H. Raven, H. Stimmel, M. T. Strong, J. L. Villaseñor Ríos, J. L. Zarucchi, F. O. Zuloaga & P. M. Jørgensen. 2018 (onwards). An integrated Assessment of Vascular Plants Species of the Americas (Online Updates).
Homonyms
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Subordinate Taxa
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Specimens
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Specimen coordinates enclosed in square brackets [ ] have been approximated based on political units.
Literature Based Distribution
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Mapping will be based on a standard reference mark based on political units when available.
  • Mesoamerica
    • Belize : Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Belize : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • South America
    • Colombia : Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
  • Mesoamerica
    • Costa Rica : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Costa Rica : Hammel, B. E. 2020. Cactaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. IV, Parte 2. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 138: 251–293.
    • El Salvador : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Guatemala : Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Guatemala : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Honduras : Molina R., A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
    • Honduras : Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Honduras : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico : Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Nicaragua : Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Guatemala Izabal: Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Guatemala Retalhuleu: Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Guatemala Zacapa: Standley, P.C. & L. O. Williams. 1962. Flora of Guatemala: Cactaceae to Combretaceae. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(7):187–281.
    • Mexico Campeche: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico Chiapas: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico Oaxaca: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico Quintana Roo: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico Tabasco: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
    • Mexico Veracruz: Ulloa Ulloa, C., H. M. Hernández, F. R. Barrie, G. Davidse & S. Knapp. (eds.) 2025. Fl. Mesoamer. 2(1): in press. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
 
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