Disocactus ackermannii
(Haw)Bauer


◊ Cact. Syst. Init. 17:15 (2003)
◊◊ Epiphyllum ackermannii Haw - Phil. Mag. 6:109 (1829)
Cactus ackermannii (Haw)Lindl - in: Edwards, Bot. Reg. 16 pl 1331 (1830)
Cereus ackermannii (Haw)Otto ex Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 123 (1837)
Phyllocactus ackermannii (Haw)SD - Cact. Hort. Dyck. 38 (1842)
Phyllocactus weingartii Berger - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 30:33 (1920)
Nopalxochia ackermannii (Haw)Knuth - Kaktus-ABC 161 (1935)
Epiphyllum ackermannii f candidum Alex - CSJ(USA) 19:58 (1947)
Disocactus ackermannii f candidus (Alex)Barth - Bradleya 9:87 (1991)

- Stems lanceolate, 5-6 cm broad, strongly crenated, base round, flat part ±35 cm long, dark or leaf-green. Spines 1-3, 1-2 mm long, brownish. Flower 12-14 cm long, 10-14 cm diameter, red. Receptacle slender, angled, grooved, green, with red scales, often with 1-2(-5) spines, up to 1,5 (5) mm long. Outer petals pointed, the inner ones more blunt. Stamens red. Stigma dark red. Fruit 4 cm long, 2-2,5 cm diameter, green to brown-red, scales up to 8 mm long, spines 0-1.

- Mexico: Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, 1500-2000 m and higher.

Edward's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1331' (1830)
Frst&Rmpl 840'
Backeberg 2:759", 760
CSJ(USA) 16:94; 40:118; 53(3):81-87"'
Icones. Pl. Succ. 53:81-87" (1981)
Epiphytes 8-30:43"
Bravo 1:508, 511, 512"
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:16 (2003)
Succulenta 79(5):198"
NLC 77"
EPIG 12(3):83; 76:20"