Disocactus speciosus
(Cavanilles)Barth
◊ Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
◊◊ Cactus speciosus Cavanilles - Anal. Cienc. Nat. Madrid 6:339
(1803)
Cactus speciosissimus Desfontaines - Mém. Mus. Hist. Paris 3:193 (1817)
Cereus bifrons Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 76 (1819)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)DC - Prodr. 3:468 (1828)
Cereus schrankii Zucc ex Seitz - Allg. Gartenz. 2:244 (1834)
Cereus superbus Ehrenberg - Bot. Zeitschr. 4:324 (1846)
Cereus speciosus (Cav)KSch non Sweet 1826- Engler & Prant: Pflanzenfam. 36a:179 (1894)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - in Rother: Prakt. Ratgeber Obst-Gartenbau 11:442 (1896)
Cereus lindbergianus Web - in: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakt. 151 (1897)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - Gartenwelt 1:317 (1897)
More synonyms
- Upright, climbing or pendant. Stems to 1 m long, red-green, later dark green. Ribs 3-5. Areoles groot. Spines 5-8, later more, to 1,5 cm long, thin subulate, yellow to brownish. Flower 8-13 cm long, red or karmijn. Receptacle 8 cm long. Petals obtuse. Filaments red. Style little longer than filaments, stigmas white. Fruit ±4 cm long, ovoid, red, with spines. Seed large, shiny black-brown.
- Mexico: around Mexico Cd. (T), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos,
Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, 2100-3100 m.
Cact. 2:128', plate 17
Cact. 2:127, plate 17 (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Cact. 2:127 (Heliocereus schrankii)
Cact. 2:129 (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
More literature
◊ Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
◊◊ Cactus speciosus Cavanilles - Anal. Cienc. Nat. Madrid 6:339
(1803)
Cactus speciosissimus Desfontaines - Mém. Mus. Hist. Paris 3:193 (1817)
Cereus bifrons Haw - Suppl. Pl. Succ. 76 (1819)
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf)DC - Prodr. 3:468 (1828)
Cereus schrankii Zucc ex Seitz - Allg. Gartenz. 2:244 (1834)
Cereus superbus Ehrenberg - Bot. Zeitschr. 4:324 (1846)
Cereus speciosus (Cav)KSch non Sweet 1826- Engler & Prant: Pflanzenfam. 36a:179 (1894)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - in Rother: Prakt. Ratgeber Obst-Gartenbau 11:442 (1896)
Cereus lindbergianus Web - in: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakt. 151 (1897)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - Gartenwelt 1:317 (1897)
More synonyms
- Upright, climbing or pendant. Stems to 1 m long, red-green, later dark green. Ribs 3-5. Areoles groot. Spines 5-8, later more, to 1,5 cm long, thin subulate, yellow to brownish. Flower 8-13 cm long, red or karmijn. Receptacle 8 cm long. Petals obtuse. Filaments red. Style little longer than filaments, stigmas white. Fruit ±4 cm long, ovoid, red, with spines. Seed large, shiny black-brown.
- Mexico: around Mexico Cd. (T), Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos,
Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, 2100-3100 m.
Cact. 2:128', plate 17
Cact. 2:127, plate 17 (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Cact. 2:127 (Heliocereus schrankii)
Cact. 2:129 (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
More literature