Selenicereus costaricensis

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Selenicereus
Species:

Selenicereus costaricensis (F.A.C.Weber) S.Arias & N.Korotkova, Willdenowia 51: 265. (2021)

• Type: Lectotype [illustration] Photograph No. 2302 by Ad. Tonduz, labelled “Cactus triangularis L. Pitahaya à San José” in Herborisations au Costa-Rica III in Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: Planche 2. 1896. The photograph designated as the lectotype was cited in the protologue of Cereus trigonus var. costaricensis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33638575

• Basionym
  • Cereus trigonus var. costaricensis F.A.C.Weber in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 457. (1902)
• Homotypic
  • Cereus costaricensis (F.A.C.Weber) A.Berger, Kakteen: 122, 337. (1929)
  • Hylocereus costaricensis Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 428 (1909)
  • Selenicereus costaricensis (F.A.C.Weber) S.Arias & N.Korotkova, Phytotaxa 327(1): 25. 2017, nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Hylocereus microcladus Backeb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 61 (1942)
  • Selenicereus microcladus (Backeb.) Lodé, Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 142 (2024)

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Korotkova, N., Borsch, T. & Arias, S., 2017. A phylogenetic framework for the Hylocereeae (Cactaceae) and implications for the circumscription of the genera. Phytotaxa 327(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.327.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Selenicereus costaricensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jult 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus costaricensis. Published online. Accessed: Mar 12 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Selenicereus costaricensis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus costaricensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Nov. 2021. Reference page.

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