Epiphyllum oxypetalum
(DC)Haw
◊ Phil. Mag. 6:109 (1829)
◊◊ Cereus oxypetalus DC - Prodr. 3:470 (1828)
Epiphyllum latifrons Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 125 (1837)
Cereus latifrons Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 735 (1837)
Phyllocactus oxypetalus (DC)Link ex Walperts - Rep. Bot. 2:341 (1843)
Phyllocactus latifrons Link - in: Walperts, Rep. Bot. 2:341 (1843)
Phyllocactus grandis Lem - Fl. Serr. 3:255b (1847)
Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongnart - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 416
(1853)
Epiphyllum acuminatum KSch - Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):222 (1890)
Phyllocactus acuminatus (KSch)KSch - Gesamtb. Kakteen 213 (1897)
Phyllocactus purpusii Wgt - Monatschr. Kakt. 17:34 (1907)
Epiphyllum grande (Lem)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:257 (1913)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum purpusii (Wgt)Backbg - Backeberg 2:747 (1959)
- Up to 3 m long, strongly branched. Stems 10-12 cm broad, thin, deepley crenate, dull green. Flower 25-30 cm long, to 12 cm diameter, sometimes scented. Receptacle 13-15 cm long, red to purple, with narrow scales, which are widely apart and 1 cm long. Outer petals reddish to to amber, narrow, to 10 cm long. Style white, stigmas cream.
- Mexico: Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco; Guatemala: Izabal, Alta Vera Paz, Quiché, Venezuela; Brazil; 200-600 m. Widely cultivated and run wild as far as New Guinea.
Br&R 4:188
Frst&Rmpl842, 849'
Ep. Hb. 45", 140"
Backeberg 2:746
KuaS 23(1):8", (3):81, (8):223; 32(2):28"
Bravo 1:488, 507, 508"
EPIG 5(1):12"; 10(2):64
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:23, 61'
NCL 105"
Succulenta 95(6):268"
◊ Phil. Mag. 6:109 (1829)
◊◊ Cereus oxypetalus DC - Prodr. 3:470 (1828)
Epiphyllum latifrons Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 125 (1837)
Cereus latifrons Pfeiff - Enum. Cact. 735 (1837)
Phyllocactus oxypetalus (DC)Link ex Walperts - Rep. Bot. 2:341 (1843)
Phyllocactus latifrons Link - in: Walperts, Rep. Bot. 2:341 (1843)
Phyllocactus grandis Lem - Fl. Serr. 3:255b (1847)
Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongnart - in: Labouret, Monogr. Cact. 416
(1853)
Epiphyllum acuminatum KSch - Flora Brasiliensis 4(2):222 (1890)
Phyllocactus acuminatus (KSch)KSch - Gesamtb. Kakteen 213 (1897)
Phyllocactus purpusii Wgt - Monatschr. Kakt. 17:34 (1907)
Epiphyllum grande (Lem)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16:257 (1913)
Epiphyllum oxypetalum purpusii (Wgt)Backbg - Backeberg 2:747 (1959)
- Up to 3 m long, strongly branched. Stems 10-12 cm broad, thin, deepley crenate, dull green. Flower 25-30 cm long, to 12 cm diameter, sometimes scented. Receptacle 13-15 cm long, red to purple, with narrow scales, which are widely apart and 1 cm long. Outer petals reddish to to amber, narrow, to 10 cm long. Style white, stigmas cream.
- Mexico: Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco; Guatemala: Izabal, Alta Vera Paz, Quiché, Venezuela; Brazil; 200-600 m. Widely cultivated and run wild as far as New Guinea.
Br&R 4:188
Frst&Rmpl842, 849'
Ep. Hb. 45", 140"
Backeberg 2:746
KuaS 23(1):8", (3):81, (8):223; 32(2):28"
Bravo 1:488, 507, 508"
EPIG 5(1):12"; 10(2):64
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:23, 61'
NCL 105"
Succulenta 95(6):268"