Pereskia violacea

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Pereskia violacea

Pereskia violacea (Leuenb.) N.P.Taylor in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 38: 5. 2017 sec. Zappi & Taylor 20201
  • ≡Pereskia grandifolia var. violacea Leuenb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 116. 1986 syn. sec. Hunt 20062
  • ≡Pereskia grandifolia subsp. violacea (Leuenb.) N.P.Taylor & Zappi in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 7. 1997 syn. sec. ???
  • ≡Rhodocactus grandifolius subsp. violaceus (Leuenb.) I.Asai & K.Miyata in J. Jap. Bot. 91: 9. 2016 syn. sec. Korotkova 20213
    • Type: Brazil. Minas Gerais: Mun. de Santana do Riacho, area do future Parque Estadual da Serra do Cipó, 650 m, 23 Sep 1981, da Silva 89 (holo. HRB, iso. B)
  • 1. Zappi, D. & Taylor, N. P. 2020: Cactaceae in Flora do Brasil. – Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro – http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br, 2. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books, 3. Korotkova, N. 2021: Revisions of Deamia, Disocactus, Epiphyllum, Hatiora, Kimnachia, Lepismium, Leuenbergeria, Lymanbensonia, Pereskia, Pfeiffera, Pseudorhipsalis, Rhipsalidopsis, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera, Selenicereus, Strophocactus, Weberocereus, and various other names. In: Korotkova N. & al., Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. – Willdenowia 51: 250-270. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208

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Distribution (General)

Brazil: Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais and locally cultivated; planted near houses in northeastern Minas Gerais and in southern Bahia, but apparently not native there; range of distribution and natural habitat insufficiently known.A

Bibliography

A. Leuenberger, B. E. 1986: Pereskia (Cactaceae). – Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 41: 1-141 (as Pereskia grandifolia var. violacea Leuenb.)