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Nyctocereus serpentinus

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64405aad271d6940803090
Scientific name Nyctocereus serpentinus
Authority (Lag. & Rodr.) Britton & Rose
First published in in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 423. 1909.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cactus ambiguus Bonpl. Descr. Pl. Malmaison: 90. 1813.
Cactus serpentinus Lag. & Rodr. in Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 261. 1801.
Cereus ambiguus (Bonpl.) DC. Prodr. 3: 467. 1828.
Cereus kalbreyerianus Wercklé in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 38. 1907.
Cereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) DC. Prodr. 3: 467. 1828.
Cereus splendens Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 214. 1850.
Echinocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Lem. Cactées: 57. 1868.
Echinocereus splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Lem. Cactées: 57. 1868.
Peniocereus castellanosii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 178. 2004.
Cereus serpentinus var. splendens Salm-Dyck ex Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 79. 1839.
Nyctocereus castellanosii Scheinvar in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. México, Bot. 47–53: 165. 1976–1982.
Nyctocereus kalbreyerianus (Werckle) Croizat in Caldasia 2: 347. 1944.
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. pietatis Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 17(4): 116. 1972.
Peniocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) N.P.Taylor in Bradleya 5: 93. 1987.
Nyctocereus serpentinus subsp. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Scheinvar in Schumannia 5: 141. 2008.
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. ambiguus (Bonpl.) Borg Cacti: 131. 1937.
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Borg Cacti: 131. 1937.
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. strictior Borg Cacti: 131. 1937.
Peniocereus serpentinus subsp. pietatis (Bravo) Scheinvar Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 177. 2004.

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 鼠尾掌
Chinese 卡氏块根柱
Chinese 大文字
Chinese 仙人杖

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001288473
Tropicos 5104959
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171152-2
Open Tree Of Life 700171
NCBI Taxonomy 336143
IPNI 171152-2
iNaturalist 337387
GBIF 7280516
USDA GRIN 413972
iNaturalist 337384

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Micropropagation of Opuntia and Other Cacti Species Through Axillary Shoot Proliferation: A Comprehensive Review Bouzroud S, El Maaiden E, Sobeh M, Devkota KP, Boukcim H, Kouisni L, El Kharrassi Y Front Plant Sci 07-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9301454
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.926653
PMID:35873968
Global Actions for Managing Cactus Invasions Novoa A, Brundu G, Day MD, Deltoro V, Essl F, Foxcroft LC, Fried G, Kaplan H, Kumschick S, Lloyd S, Marchante E, Marchante H, Paterson ID, Pyšek P, Richardson DM, Witt A, Zimmermann HG, Wilson JR Plants (Basel) 16-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6843271
doi:10.3390/plants8100421
PMID:31623290

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