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Epiphyllum phyllanthus

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
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Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64401a02c315c005396712
Scientific name Epiphyllum phyllanthus
Authority (L.) Haw.
First published in Syn. Pl. Succ.: 197. 1812.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cactus phyllanthus L. Sp. Pl.: 469. 1753.
Cereus phyllanthus (L.) DC. Prodr. 3: 469. 1828.
Opuntia phyllanthus (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict.: Opuntia No. 9. 1768.
Phyllocactus phyllanthus (L.) Link Handbuch 2: 11. 1831.
Rhipsalis phyllanthus (L.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 4(2): 298. 1890.
Phyllocactus speciosus Kostel. Index Seminum (PRC, Pragensis) 1844: 104. 1844.

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Language Common/alternative name
English climbing cactus
Chinese 叶下珠昙花
Chinese 廣佈曇花

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Name Authority First published in
Epiphyllum phyllanthus subsp. phyllanthus
Epiphyllum phyllanthus subsp. rubrocoronatum (Kimnach) Ralf Bauer in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 25. 2003.

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Epiphyllum phyllanthus var. plattsii Proctor Fl. Cayman Islands: 256. 2012.

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000670206
USDA Plants EPPH
Tropicos 5100469
INPN 629651
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132939-1
The Plant List kew-2791460
Open Tree Of Life 699564
NCBI Taxonomy 983932
IUCN Red List 46520
IPNI 132939-1
iNaturalist 191896
GBIF 5384030
Freebase /m/0gg4rb0
EOL 479676
USDA GRIN 413807
Wikipedia Epiphyllum_phyllanthus

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Contrasting Pollination Strategies and Breeding Systems in Two Native Useful Cacti from Southern Brazil Becker R, Báez OP, Singer RF, Singer RB Plants (Basel) 13-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10053946
doi:10.3390/plants12061298
PMID:36986986
Synchrotron micro-computed tomography unveils the three-dimensional structure and origin of staminodes in the Plains Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia polyacantha Haw. (Cactaceae) Cota-Sánchez JH, Falconer DJ, de Almeida OJ, Stobbs JA, Vera-Vélez R, Rice RS, Belliveau NA Protoplasma 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9995257
doi:10.1007/s00709-023-01846-6
PMID:36890289
Evolution of flower allometry and pigmentation in Mammillaria haageana (Cactaceae) Rosas U, Fuentes-Pérez ES, Cervantes CR, Sandoval-Zapotitla E, Santiago-Sandoval I, Arias S, Reyes-Santiago J BMC Plant Biol 25-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8787947
doi:10.1186/s12870-021-03386-8
PMID:35078406
CAM photosynthesis: the acid test Winter K, Smith JA New Phytol 05-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298356
doi:10.1111/nph.17790
PMID:34637529
Looking into the flora of Dutch Brazil: botanical identifications of seventeenth century plant illustrations in the Libri Picturati Alcàntara-Rodríguez M, Françozo M, Van Andel T Sci Rep 05-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8492696
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99226-8
PMID:34611224
Lowering the density: ants associated with the myrmecophyte Tillandsia caput-medusae diminish the establishment of epiphytes Vergara-Torres CA, Díaz-Castelazo C, Toledo-Hernández VH, Flores-Palacios A AoB Plants 07-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8266655
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plab024
PMID:34249306
Transcriptomics insights into the genetic regulation of root apical meristem exhaustion and determinate primary root growth in Pachycereus pringlei (Cactaceae) Rodriguez-Alonso G, Matvienko M, López-Valle ML, Lázaro-Mixteco PE, Napsucialy-Mendivil S, Dubrovsky JG, Shishkova S Sci Rep 04-Jun-2018
PMCID:PMC5986787
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26897-1
PMID:29867103
Determinate primary root growth as an adaptation to aridity in Cactaceae: towards an understanding of the evolution and genetic control of the trait Shishkova S, Las Peñas ML, Napsucialy-Mendivil S, Matvienko M, Kozik A, Montiel J, Patiño A, Dubrovsky JG Ann Bot 10-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3698391
doi:10.1093/aob/mct100
PMID:23666887
Checklist of vascular plants of the Department of Ñeembucú, Paraguay Egea JD, Peña-Chocarro M, Espada C, Knapp S PhytoKeys 30-Jan-2012
PMCID:PMC3281576
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.9.2279
PMID:22371688
Divergent Chemical Cues Elicit Seed Collecting by Ants in an Obligate Multi-Species Mutualism in Lowland Amazonia Youngsteadt E, Guerra Bustios P, Schal C PLoS One 30-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3012710
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015822
PMID:21209898
Neither Host-specific nor Random: Vascular Epiphytes on Three Tree Species in a Panamanian Lowland Forest LAUBE S, ZOTZ G Ann Bot 01-Jun-2006
PMCID:PMC2803392
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl067
PMID:16574691

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