Cereus hexagonus
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| Internal ID | UUID6440107567687604887270 |
| Scientific name | Cereus hexagonus |
| Authority | (L.) Mill. |
| First published in | Gard. Dict.: Cereus No. 1. 1768. |
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Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Pilocereus perlucens | (K.Schum.) Werderm. | Bras. Säulenkakt.: 112. 1933. |
| Piptanthocereus lepidotus | Backeb. | in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(12): 7. 1934. |
| Acanthocereus thalassinus | (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg | Cacti: 133. 1937. |
| Cactus hexagonus | L. | Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753. |
| Cactus hexagonus | Lam. | Encycl. 1(2): 538. 1785. |
| Cactus octogonus | Page ex Steud. | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. |
| Cactus regalis | Spreng. | Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825. |
| Cephalocereus perlucens | (K.Schum.) Borg | Cacti: 144. 1951. |
| Cereus horridus | Otto ex Pfeiff. | in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837. |
| Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus | Werderm. | in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452. 1935. |
| Cereus lepidotus | Salm-Dyck | Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 207. 1850. |
| Cereus longiflorus | Alexander | in Lloydia 2: 199. 1939. |
| Cereus northumberlandianus | Lamb. | in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 91. 1841. |
| Cereus perlucens | K.Schum. | in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173. 1900. |
| Cereus thalassinus | Otto & A.Dietr. | in Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34. 1838. |
| Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis | C.F.Först. | Handb. Cacteenk.: 399. 1846. |
| Pilosocereus perlucens | (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley | in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957. |
| Cereus perrottetianus | Lem. | Icon. Cact.: pl. 8. 1841. |
| Cereus surinamensis | Trew | Ephem. Nat. Cur. 3: 394. 1733. |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | lady of the night cactus |
| Spanish | pitahaya |
| Spanish | cirio |
| Spanish | miramar |
| Spanish | cactus columnar miramar |
| Spanish | cactus de columnas |
| Spanish | cirial |
| Arabic | شمعية سداسية |
| Persian | کاکتوس محبوبه شب |
| Lithuanian | Šešiabriaunis stulpenis |
| pap | dama di anochi |
| Chinese | 六角天轮柱 |
| Chinese | 鳞片柱 |
| Chinese | 六棱柱 |
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000597191 |
| Florida Plant Atlas | 4856 |
| USDA Plants | CEHE3 |
| Tropicos | 5100001 |
| INPN | 629302 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130283-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2711937 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 3943496 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1586196 |
| IUCN Red List | 152571 |
| IPNI | 130283-1 |
| iNaturalist | 438215 |
| GBIF | 5383999 |
| EPPO | CEEHE |
| EOL | 488406 |
| USDA GRIN | 9959 |
| Wikipedia | Cereus_hexagonus |
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