Hylocereus extensus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Britton & Rose ex Rose in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1626. 1915.

Basionym
- Cereus extensus Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 469. 1828, , (non Hook. Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4066. 1844).

Homotypic
- Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 28. 2003, comb. superfl.
- Mediocactus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Doweld, Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 42. 2002.
- Selenicereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Leuenb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 123(1): 56. 2001.

The illustration in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4066. 1844, show Hylocereus monacanthus and not this species.
Might be synonymous with Hylocereus setaceus.

Leuenberger, B.E. 2001. Selenicereus extensus (Cactaceae), new combination and taxonomic history. Botanische Jahrbuecher fuer Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 123(1): 47–62
Rose, J.N. in Bailey, L.H. 1915. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1626.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Hylocereus extensus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.

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