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December 2023

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Selenicereus monacanthus (Lem.) D.R.Hunt

This species name was first published in in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 36: 33. 2017. Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001434099.

Synonyms of Selenicereus monacanthus (Lem.) D.R.Hunt

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Wilmattea venezuelensis (Britton & Rose) Croizat in Pittieria 4: 39. 1972. wfo-0000427591
Cereus extensus Salm-Dyck ex DC. in Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4066. 1844. wfo-0000597077
Cereus lemairei Hook. in Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4814. 1854. wfo-0000597294
Cereus monacanthus Lem. in Hort. Univ. 6: 60. 1841. wfo-0000597382
Cereus monacanthus Cels ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 142. 1897–1899. wfo-0000597383
Cereus polyrhizus F.A.C.Weber in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 151. 1897. wfo-0000597534
Cereus scandens Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 219. 1850. wfo-0000597642
Cereus schomburgkii Otto ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 158. 1897–1899. wfo-0000597650
Cereus trinitatensis Lem. & Herm. in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 8: 642. 1859. wfo-0000597777
Cereus venezuelensis (Britton & Rose) Werderm. in: Backeberg, C., Neue Kakteen: 23, 67. 1931. wfo-0000597815
Hylocereus estebanensis Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 11. 1957. wfo-0000726897
Hylocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 428. 1909. wfo-0000726900
Hylocereus polyrhizus (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 185. 1920. wfo-0000726902
Hylocereus venezuelensis Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 186, 226. 1920. wfo-0000726907
Hylocereus scandens (Salm-Dyck) Backeb. Cactaceae 2: 817. 1959. wfo-0001256197
Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 190. 1920. wfo-0001287173
Hylocereus peruvianus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1937(7): 10. 1937. wfo-0001287525
Cereus lemoinei Möllers in Deutsche Gärt.-Zeitung 6: 92. 1891. wfo-0001288250
Hylocereus trinitatensis (Lem. & Herm.) A.Berger Kakteen: 341. 1929. wfo-0001289110