African Plant Database


Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
Family : CACTACEAE
Protologue : Fl. Bermuda 256 (1918)
Information on the genus : Hylocereus
Basionym : Cereus undatus Haw.
 
 
Status
Status for NA : rejected (cultivated), is synonym of : Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt
Status for SA : rejected (cultivated)
Status for TA : rejected (cultivated), is synonym of : Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Cereus undatus Haw. (1830)
 Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R. Hunt (2017)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Climber, Succulent- Ht 1 - 2 m. Alt: up to 500 m. Distribution: EC, KN, MP, WC

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Eur. Gard. Fl. 3: 212 (1989).
  • List South. African Succ. Pl. : 50 (1997).

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition Sommerfeltia 17: 1-295

Bibliography other :
  • El Mokni R., F. Verloove & al. (2020). New records of cacti (Opuntioideae & Cactoideae, Cactaceae) from Tunisia. Bradleya 29: 46
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
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Record n°5487 modified 2008-03-20
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