◊ Willdenowia 46:157 (2016)
◊◊ Cereus crenatus Lindl - in: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30 pl 31 (1844)
Phyllocactus crenatus (Lindl)Lem - Hort. Univ. 6:87 (1845)
Phyllocactus crenatus (Lindl)Walp - in: Rep. Bot. Syst. 5:820 (1846)
Phyllocactus caulorhizus Lem - Jard. fleur. 1: Misc. 6 (1851)
Epiphyllum crenatum (Lindl)GDon - in: Loudon, Encycl. Pl. 3:1378 (1855)
Epiphyllum caulorhizum (Lem)GDon - in: Loudon, Encycl. Pl. 3:1380 (1855)
- Old stems round and woody. Stems blue-green, rather stiff, to 50 cm long and 3,5 cm wide, first upright, with deep crenations en a thick midrib. Areoles on the base often with bristles and hairs. Flowering diurnal. Flower 18-29 cm long, 10-20 cm diameter, strongly scented. Ovary with 2 cm long scales. Receptacle 10-12 cm long, thin, angled, with to 3 cm long linear scales. Outer petals 6 cm long, light yellow. Inner petals white. Filaments yellow. Style white. Fruit red, pulpa red.
- Mexico: Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz; Honduras: Francisco Morazán; Guatemala: Baja
Verapaz, Quiché, Sacatepéquez; El Salvador: Ahuachapan, 1300-2500
m.
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30: t 31 (1844)
Cact. 4: 190" (E. caulorhizum)
Cact. 4:192, 193"
Frst&Rmpl 844
Frst&Rmpl 845 (E. caulorhizum)
Ep. Hb. 142"
Backeberg 2:747
Backeberg 2:749 (E. caulorhizum)
KuaS 21(12):234 (E. caulorhizum)
KuaS 24(9):195"; 56(8):...
Epiphytes 10-36:83"
Bravo 1:488, 491, 492, 494" Cact. Syst. Init. 17:27
Succulenta 67(11):245'
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:27 (2003)
NCL 104"
EPIG 10(1):14"; 10(2):48, 72:12-14"