Cereus hexagonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Cereus
Subgenus: C. subg. Cereus
Species: Cereus hexagonus

Name

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. (1768)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cactus hexagonus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 466. 1753.
  • Heterotypic
    • Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg, Cacti 133. 1937.
    • Cactus regalis Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825.
    • Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2, 144. 1951.
    • Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837.
    • Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452. 1935.
    • Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 2, 207. 1850.
    • Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 218. 1850.
    • Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 207. 1850.
    • Cereus longiflorus Alexander, Lloydia 2: 199. 1939.
    • Cereus northumberlandianus Lambert in Loud., Gard. Mag. 91. 1841.
    • Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud., Nomencl. ed. vol. 2, 246. 1840.
    • Cereus perlucens K.Schum., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173. 1900.
    • Cereus perrottetii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 98. 1837.
    • Cereus regalis Haw. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825.
    • Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838.
    • Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk. 399. 1846.
    • Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm., Bras. Saulenkakt. 112. 1933.
    • Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957.
    • Piptanthocereus lepidotus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. Pt. 12 (p. 7). 1934, comb. inval.

Notes:

  • Homonyms:
    • Cactus hexagonus Vell. (1829) = unplaced.
    • Cactus hexagonus Lam. (1785) = Melocactus monoclonos DC. ex Steud.

Reference

  • Miller, P. 1768. Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8, n. 1.
  • The International Plant Names Index 2009. Published on the Internet. 2010 Feb 27 .
  • The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 2014 Sep 29.
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