◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:257 (1913)
◊◊ Phyllocactus grandilobus Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:464
(1902)
Epiphyllum gigas Woodson&Cutak - Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 45:87 (1958)
- Segments 15-25 cm broad, light green, deeply lobed, with thick mid-vein, tip round. Flower to 30 cm long, 12.5 cm diameter, white. Style pinkish white. Fruit red. Pulpa red.
- Nicaragua; Costa Rica: La Hondura (T), Alajuela, San José; Panama: Bocas del
Toro, Cerro Trinidad (E. gigas); Honduras. Atlantic rainforest, up to 1100 m.
Cact. 4: 192
Ep. Hb. 153
Backeberg 2:748
CSJ(USA) 37:15-20
Backeberg 2:755 (E. gigas)
KuaS 28(3):62"
Icones. Pl. Succ. 37:15-20" (1965)
Cact. Syst. Init. 27
NCL 104"
EPIG 67: 21-26"