◊ Cact. Syst. Init. 36:32 (2017)
◊◊ Cereus trigonus guatemalensis Eichl ex Wgt - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 21:68 (1911)
Hylocereus guatemalensis (Eichl ex Wgt)Br&R - Cact. 2:184 (1920)
Cereus guatemalensis (Eichl ex Wgt)Berg - Kakteen 121 (1929)
- Plant 3-5 m long. Basal stems often narrow and round, other stems mostly three-angled, 2-7 cm diameter, glaucous, later green, edges hornlike. Areoles up to 2 cm apart. Spines 2-4, conical, dark, 2-3 mm long. Flower 30 cm long, white. Outer petals acute, pink. Inner petals lanceolate, white. Style yellow. Fruit up to 7 cm diameter, with large scales. Seed black.
- Guatemala: El Progreso, Zacapa, Chiquimula, Jutiapa, Baja Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, Quiché, Huehuetenango; Mexico: Chiapas.
Backeberg 2:806
Bravo 1:452
Trcz 1(5):11
KuaS 37():42
EPIG 10(3):85, 87"
NCL 139"