Pereskia horrida

Pereskia horrida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Pereskioideae
Genus: Pereskia
Subgenus: P. subg. Pereskia
Series: P. ser. Andeopereskia
Species: Pereskia horrida

Name

Pereskia horrida (Kunth) DC., 1828

    • Holotype: Peru, Jaén de Bracamoros, in collibus siccis, ad flumen Marañón. Aug 1802, Humbold & Bonpland 3594 (lectotype P; isotypes B-W, MO, P)

Synonyms

  • Cactus horridus Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 70. 1823 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Rhodocactus horridus (Kunth) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 97. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Pereskia humboldtii Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 251. 1923 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Pereskia vargasii H.Johnson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24(4): 115. 1952 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
    • Pereskia vargasii var. longispina Rauh & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
    • Pereskia vargasii var. rauhii Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
  • Pereskia humboldtii var. rauhii (Backeb.) Leuenb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 69. 1986 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Pereskia horrida subsp. rauhii (Backeb.) Ostolaza in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 9. 1998 syn. sec. Hunt 2006

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Peru, dry valleys of the Rio Marañon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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