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Selenicereus pteranthus

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID64405a95834de370421008
Scientific name Selenicereus pteranthus
Authority (Link ex A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose
First published in in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 431. 1909.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Selenicereus vaupelii (Weing.) A.Berger Kakteen: 114. 1929.
Cereus pteranthus Link ex A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 209–210. 1834.
Cereus vaupelii Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 106. 1912.
Selenicereus nycticalus (Link ex A.Dietr.) W.T.Marshall
Cereus grandiflorus var. ophites K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 183. 1903.
Cereus nycticalus Link ex A.Dietr. in Verh. Preuss. Ver. Gartenb. 10: 373. 1834.
Selenicereus grandiflorus var. telli Borg Cacti: 161, 206. 1951.

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Language Common/alternative name
English princess of the night
Spanish pitayita-nocturna flor de la noche
Spanish reina de la noche
Spanish cereus nycticalus
Spanish selenicereus nycticalus
German cereus boeckmannii
German prinzessin der nacht
German cereus nycticalus
Swedish nattens prinsessa
Chinese 夜之女王
Chinese 翼花蛇鞭柱

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Name Authority First published in
Selenicereus pteranthus subsp. kewensis (Worsley) M.H.J.van der Meer Cact. Phantast. 2018(1): 7 (2018)

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Selenicereus pteranthus f. macdonaldeae (Hook.) Ralf Bauer in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 44. 2003.
Selenicereus pteranthus f. pteranthus

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Honduras
      • Panamá

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287175
Florida Plant Atlas 1573
USDA Plants SEPT
Tropicos 5100485
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232393-2
The Plant List tro-5100485
Open Tree Of Life 846426
NCBI Taxonomy 1195133
Nature Serve 2.160025
IUCN Red List 151867
IPNI 232393-2
iNaturalist 168777
GBIF 3084462
EPPO SNRPT
EOL 484885
USDA GRIN 407104

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