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Peniocereus greggii

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID64405abfb5adf386860648
Scientific name Peniocereus greggii
Authority (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
First published in in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 428, pl. 74, 75. 1909.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cereus greggii Engelm. Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 102. 1848.
Cereus pottsii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 208. 1850.
Cereus greggii var. cismontanus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 287. 1856.
Cereus greggii var. roseiflorus Kunze in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 172. 1910.

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Language Common/alternative name
English queen of the night
English nightblooming cereus
English arizona queen of the night
English deer-horn cactus
English desert night-blooming cereus
English night-blooming cereus
English sweet potato cactus
Spanish reina de la noche
Dutch knolwortelcactus
Chinese 大和魂

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Name Authority First published in
Peniocereus greggii subsp. greggii
Peniocereus greggii subsp. transmontanus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán Cat. Cactaceas Mex.: 199. 2003.

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Name Authority First published in
Peniocereus greggii var. greggii

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001289270
USDA Plants PEGR3
Tropicos 5107106
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137437-1
The Plant List tro-5107106
Open Tree Of Life 328497
Observations.org 425814
NCBI Taxonomy 336131
Nature Serve 2.149459
IUCN Red List 152166
IPNI 137437-1
iNaturalist 166302
iNaturalist 242038
iNaturalist 242037
GBIF 3084050
Freebase /m/02dd2m
EPPO PNKGR
EOL 486587
Elurikkus 364976
USDA GRIN 435412
Wikipedia Peniocereus_greggii

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Pre-contact Agave domesticates – living legacy plants in Arizona’s landscape Hodgson WC, Jane Rosenthal E, Salywon AM Ann Bot 10-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10799993
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad113
PMID:37815005
Medicinal plants used by rural communities in the arid zone of Viesca and Parras Coahuila in northeast Mexico Torres-León C, Rebolledo Ramírez F, Aguirre-Joya JA, Ramírez-Moreno A, Chávez-González ML, Aguillón-Gutierrez DR, Camacho-Guerra L, Ramírez-Guzmán N, Hernández Vélez S, Aguilar CN Saudi Pharm J 12-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9845112
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2022.11.003
PMID:36685306
Antidiabetic Sterols from Peniocereus greggii Roots Muñoz-Gómez RJ, Rivero-Cruz I, Ovalle-Magallanes B, Linares E, Bye R, Tovar AR, Noriega LG, Tovar-Palacio C, Mata R ACS Omega 08-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9026134
doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c00595
PMID:35474764
Health Benefits of the Diverse Volatile Oils in Native Plants of Ancient Ironwood-Giant Cactus Forests of the Sonoran Desert: An Adaptation to Climate Change? Nabhan GP, Daugherty E, Hartung T Int J Environ Res Public Health 10-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8950382
doi:10.3390/ijerph19063250
PMID:35328938
Three floral volatiles contribute to differential pollinator attraction in monkeyflowers (Mimulus) Byers KJ, Bradshaw HD Jr, Riffell JA J Exp Biol 15-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3922836
doi:10.1242/jeb.092213
PMID:24198269
Cactus: a medicinal food Shetty AA, Rana MK, Preetham SP J Food Sci Technol 16-Jul-2011
PMCID:PMC3550841
doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5
PMID:24082263
Arizona flora: The sterols of Peniocereus greggii John C. Knight, George R. Pettit Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cholestane steroids / Cholesterols and derivatives
(3beta,5alpha,6alpha)-Cholest-8-ene-3,6-diol 12314054 Click to see 402.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
(3R,5R,9S,10S,13R,14R,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 162901494 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CC(=O)C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
(3R,5S,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3,9,14-trihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,3,4,5,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 162927360 Click to see 432.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
(3S,5S,6S,10S,13S,14R,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,6-diol 162855580 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3=C2CC(C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)O)C 402.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
(3S,5S,9R,10R,13S,14S,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 162901492 Click to see 400.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
[(3R,5S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-6-oxo-1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] acetate 162864384 Click to see 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
[(3R,5S,9S,10S,13R,14R,17S)-9-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-6-oxo-2,3,4,5,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] acetate 163047082 Click to see 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
[10,13-Dimethyl-17-(6-methylheptan-2-yl)-6-oxo-1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] acetate 565294 Click to see 442.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
3-Hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(6-methylheptan-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 538556 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2=CC(=O)C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
3,9,14-Trihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(6-methylheptan-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-6-one 162927359 Click to see 432.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5
9-Hydroxy-6-oxocholest-7-en-3-yl acetate 269725 Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3(C2=CC(=O)C4C3(CCC(C4)OC(=O)C)C)O)C 458.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)85451-5

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