Selenicereus

Selenicereus

Synonymy

Selenicereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429. 1909 sec. Korotkova & al. 2017

• ≡Cereus subsect. Selenicereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 76. 1905 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Type: Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britton & Rose

• =Cereus subg. Hylocereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 72. 1905 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• ≡Hylocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 428. 1909 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Type: Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britton & Rose

• =Werckleocereus Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 432. 1909 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Type: Werckleocereus tonduzii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose

• =Wilmattea Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 195. 1920 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Type: Wilmattea minutiflora (Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose

• =Cryptocereus Alexander in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22: 164. 1950 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
• Type: Cryptocereus anthonyanus Alexander

Content

• Notes

Notes

The expanded Selenicereus incl. Hylocereus and Weberocereus p.p. is based on the results of the comprehensive phylogenetic study of the Hylocereeae of Korotkova et al. (2017).A

A. 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(2): 250-270