Lepismium cruciforme
(Vell)Miq
◊ Bull. Sci. Nat. Neerl. 49 (1838)
◊◊ Cactus cruciformis Vell - Fl. Flum. 207 (1825)
Cereus tenuispinus Haw - Phil. Mag. 1:125 (1827) nom. rej.
Cereus myosurus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus tenuis DC - Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cactus tenuis Schott - in: DC. Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus squamulosus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus setosus Lodd - Bot. Cab. 19: pl. 1887 (1832)
Lepismium tenue (DC)Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium commune Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium knightii Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:380 (1835)
Lepismium mysosurus (SD)Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus elegans Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 138 (1837)
Cereus knightii Parm ex Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus cruciformis (Vell)Steudel - Nom. ed. 2 1:133 (1840)
More synonyms
- Sparsely branching, up to 60 cm long. Main stem 10 40 cm long. Stems 1 2,5 cm broad, dark of bluish green, often redly tinged, triangled, edges sharp. Areoles with tufts grey-white tot brownish wool and bristles. Flower white to pink or yellow-white, 1 cm long. Ovary cilindric to round, white-green. Fruit lilac, round. Seed elliptic, 1,5x0,75 mm, dark brown.
- Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Goías, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio
Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Santa Fé; epiphytic and epilithic, on the coast and in deciduous forest, up to 1200 m. Flowering time October to January.
Cact. 4:215, plate 22
Frst&Rmpl 897 (L. cruciforme myosurus)
Backeberg 2:687, 689"
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Ritter 1:45"
KuaS 25(8):171', (9):199'
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Taxon 43:469 (1994)
Bradleya 13:47
EPIG 12(1):18"
NCL 142"
CEB 132'', 204, 229''
Rev. Mex. Biodiv. 81(2): 393-400 (2010); 82(1):131-143 (2011)
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)
◊ Bull. Sci. Nat. Neerl. 49 (1838)
◊◊ Cactus cruciformis Vell - Fl. Flum. 207 (1825)
Cereus tenuispinus Haw - Phil. Mag. 1:125 (1827) nom. rej.
Cereus myosurus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus tenuis DC - Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cactus tenuis Schott - in: DC. Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus squamulosus SD - in: DC, Prodr. 3:469 (1828)
Cereus setosus Lodd - Bot. Cab. 19: pl. 1887 (1832)
Lepismium tenue (DC)Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium commune Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:315 (1835)
Lepismium knightii Pfeiff - Allg. Gartenz. 3:380 (1835)
Lepismium mysosurus (SD)Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus elegans Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 138 (1837)
Cereus knightii Parm ex Pfeiff - Enum. Diagn. Cact. 139 (1837)
Cereus cruciformis (Vell)Steudel - Nom. ed. 2 1:133 (1840)
More synonyms
- Sparsely branching, up to 60 cm long. Main stem 10 40 cm long. Stems 1 2,5 cm broad, dark of bluish green, often redly tinged, triangled, edges sharp. Areoles with tufts grey-white tot brownish wool and bristles. Flower white to pink or yellow-white, 1 cm long. Ovary cilindric to round, white-green. Fruit lilac, round. Seed elliptic, 1,5x0,75 mm, dark brown.
- Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de
Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Goías, Tocantins, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio
Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones, Chaco, Santa Fé; epiphytic and epilithic, on the coast and in deciduous forest, up to 1200 m. Flowering time October to January.
Cact. 4:215, plate 22
Frst&Rmpl 897 (L. cruciforme myosurus)
Backeberg 2:687, 689"
An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 32:477 (1925)
Ritter 1:45"
KuaS 25(8):171', (9):199'
Am. J. Bot. 65:326-333 (1978)
Taxon 43:469 (1994)
Bradleya 13:47
EPIG 12(1):18"
NCL 142"
CEB 132'', 204, 229''
Rev. Mex. Biodiv. 81(2): 393-400 (2010); 82(1):131-143 (2011)
Rodriguésia 71 (2020)