Disocactus speciosus
(Cavanilles)Barth
◊ Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
◊◊ Cactus speciosus Cavanilles - Anal. Cienc. Nat. Madrid 6:339
(1803)
Cactus speciosissimus Desfontaines - Mém. Mus. Hist. Paris 3:193 (1817)
Epiphyllum speciosum (Cav) Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 84 (1819)
Cereus bifrons Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 76 (1819)
Cereus speciosus (Cav) Sweet - Hort. Brit. 172 (1826)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)Sweet - Hort. Brit. 171 (1826)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)DC - Prodr. 3:468 (1828) nom. illeg.
Cereus jenkinsonii Sweet - Hort. Brit. ed. 2:237 (1830)
Cereus setiger Haw - Phil. Mag. Ann. Chem. 9:109 (1830)
Cereus hybridus Otto - in: Allg. Gartenzeitung 1:72 (1833)
Cereus schrankii Zucc ex Seitz - Allg. Gartenz. 2:244 (1834)
Cereus coccineus SD ex Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 122 (1837)
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- Upright, climbing or pendant. Stems to 1 m long, red-green, later dark green. Ribs 3-5. Areoles groot. Spines 5-8, later more, to 1,5 cm long, thin subulate, yellow to brownish. Flower 8-13 cm long, red or karmijn. Receptacle 8 cm long. Petals obtuse. Filaments red. Style little longer than filaments, stigmas white. Fruit ±4 cm long, ovoid, red, with spines. Seed large, shiny black-brown.
- Mexico: around Mexico Cd. (T), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos,
Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, 2100-3100 m.
Cact. 2:128', plate 17
Cact. 2:127, plate 17 (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Cact. 2:127 (Heliocereus schrankii)
Cact. 2:129 (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
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◊ Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
◊◊ Cactus speciosus Cavanilles - Anal. Cienc. Nat. Madrid 6:339
(1803)
Cactus speciosissimus Desfontaines - Mém. Mus. Hist. Paris 3:193 (1817)
Epiphyllum speciosum (Cav) Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 84 (1819)
Cereus bifrons Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 76 (1819)
Cereus speciosus (Cav) Sweet - Hort. Brit. 172 (1826)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)Sweet - Hort. Brit. 171 (1826)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)DC - Prodr. 3:468 (1828) nom. illeg.
Cereus jenkinsonii Sweet - Hort. Brit. ed. 2:237 (1830)
Cereus setiger Haw - Phil. Mag. Ann. Chem. 9:109 (1830)
Cereus hybridus Otto - in: Allg. Gartenzeitung 1:72 (1833)
Cereus schrankii Zucc ex Seitz - Allg. Gartenz. 2:244 (1834)
Cereus coccineus SD ex Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 122 (1837)
More synonyms
- Upright, climbing or pendant. Stems to 1 m long, red-green, later dark green. Ribs 3-5. Areoles groot. Spines 5-8, later more, to 1,5 cm long, thin subulate, yellow to brownish. Flower 8-13 cm long, red or karmijn. Receptacle 8 cm long. Petals obtuse. Filaments red. Style little longer than filaments, stigmas white. Fruit ±4 cm long, ovoid, red, with spines. Seed large, shiny black-brown.
- Mexico: around Mexico Cd. (T), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos,
Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, 2100-3100 m.
Cact. 2:128', plate 17
Cact. 2:127, plate 17 (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Cact. 2:127 (Heliocereus schrankii)
Cact. 2:129 (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
More literature