Jasminocereus thouarsii

Jasminocereus thouarsii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Jasminocereus
Species:

Name

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Cereus thouarsii F.A.C.Weber, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 312. (1899)
  • Homotypic
    • Brachycereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 120. (1920)
  • Heterotypic
    • Cereus galapagensis F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 312. (1899)
    • Jasminocereus galapagensis (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 146. (1920)
    • Cereus sclerocarpus K.Schum. ex B.L.Rob. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 179. 1903 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
    • Jasminocereus sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1943–44: 24. 1944 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Jasminocereus thouarsii var. sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) E.F.Anderson & Walk. in Madroño 20: 256. 1970 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Jasminocereus howellii E.Y.Dawson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 71. 1962
    • Jasminocereus thouarsii subsp. howellii (E.Y.Dawson) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. 8): 12. 2020
    • Jasminocereus howellii var. delicatus E.Y.Dawson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 72. (1962)
    • Jasminocereus thouarsii var. delicatus (E.Y.Dawson) E.F.Anderson & Walk., Madroño 20: 256. (1970)
    • Jasminocereus thouarsii var. chathamensis E.Y.Dawson,n Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 73. (1962)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Galápagos

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

  • English: Galapagos Candelabra Cactus
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