Leuenbergeria portulacifolia
Leuenbergeria portulacifolia in Cact.-Avent. Int. 97: 27. 2012 ["2013"] sec. Lodé 20131
- ≡Cactus portulacifolius, Sp. Pl.: 469-470. 1753 syn. sec. Lodé 20131
- ≡Pereskia portulacifolia, Prodr. 3: 475. 1828 syn. sec. Lodé 20131
- ≡Rhodocactus portulacifolius, Kaktus-ABC: 96. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Lodé 20131
- Lectotype (designated by Leuenberger, B. E. 19862): [illustration] "Opuntia arbor, spinosissima, foliis Portulacae cordatis," Plum. cat. p. 6. Specimen apparently lost. Linnaeus (Spec. pl. ed. 2, 671. 1762) refers to the illustration in Plumier, Pl. amer. fasc. (ed. Burmann, 1758) pl. 197, fig. 1, drawn from Plumier's collection
Distribution (General)
Endemic to Hispaniola, arid regions of Haiti and adjacent areas in the southwestern Dominican Republic.A
Bibliography
A. Leuenberger, B. E. 1986: Pereskia (Cactaceae). – Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 41: 1-141 (as Pereskia portulacifolia)