Selenicereus hondurensis

Selenicereus hondurensis
	Selenicereus hondurensis
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Hylocereeae
Genre :	Selenicereus
Type :	Selenicereus hondurensis
Scientific name
	Selenicereus hondurensis
	( K.Schum. Ex Weing. ) Britton & Rose

Selenicereus hondurensis is a species of plant in the genus Selenicereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Selenicereus hondurensis grows splayed , creeping or climbing with long shoots up to 2.2 centimeters in diameter. Your 7 to 10 ribs are slightly dented. From the dark areoles , covered with brownish hair and bristles, arise 7 to 10 white, bristle-like, non-piercing thorns 4 to 5 millimeters long.

The creamy white flowers are up to 23 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 18 centimeters. The top-shaped, dark pink colored fruits have a diameter of 5.5 centimeters and a length of up to 6 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Selenicereus hondurensis is common in Guatemala , Honduras and Nicaragua at low altitudes. The valid first description as Cereus hondurensis was published in 1904 by Wilhelm Weingart (1856-1936). Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Selenicereus in 1909 .

A synonym is Selenicereus grandiflorus subsp. hondurensis

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 589 .

Individual evidence

↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 14, 1904, p. 147.
^ Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 430, (online) .

Web links

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[1] Monthly for cactus science . Volume 14, 1904, p. 147.

[2] Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, 1909, p. 430, (online) .