Selenicereus vagans
(KBrand)Br&R


◊ Contr. US Nat. Herb. 16(7):242 (1913)
◊◊ Cereus vagans KBrand - Zoe 5:191 (1904)
Cereus longicaudatus Web - Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10:384 (1904)
Mediocactus vagans (KBrand)Dwld - Sukkulenty (Moskou) 4(1-2):42 (2002)

- Strongly branched, often creeping. Stems up to 1.5 cm diameter. Ribs ±10, flat. Areoles 1.5 cm apart. Spines numerous, needle like, up to 1 cm long, brownish yellow. Flower 15 cm long, 15 cm diameter, white, strongly scented. Receptacle with spines. Outer petals brownish to greensih white, narrow, outwardly curved. Style greenish, upper part cream. Fruit 7 cm long, 3-5 cm diameter, red.

- Mexico: Mazatlán (T), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Colima, Sinaloa, up to 500.

Cact. 2, 206, 212"
Ep. Hb. 206", 207"
Backeberg 2:789
KuaS 26(9):212"
Bravo 1:462, 475, 477"
Bradleya 7:923
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:47
NCL 263"
EPIG 5-19"|