Selenicereus inermis

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Hylocereeae
Genus: Selenicereus
Sectio: S. sect. Selenicereus
Species:

Selenicereus inermis (Otto) Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 207 (1920) (1920)

• Basionym
  • Cereus inermis Otto ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 116. (1837)
• Homotypic
  • Mediocactus inermis (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 42. 2002 ["2001"]
• Heterotypic
  • Cereus inermis Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6(1): 88 (1839), nom. illeg.
  • Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 218. (1850)
  • Epiphyllum steyermarkii Croizat in Phytologia 28(1): 19. 1974
  • Selenicereus rubineus Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 65(1): 17. (1993)
  • Selenicereus inermis subsp. rubineus (Kimnach) Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern. in Brittonia 66: 57. (2013)
    

Note: Synonymy sensu POWO (2025) & Hammel (2020) not CACO (2025) & Hunt (2016)

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 2:207.

• Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) 2020. Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Selenicereus inermis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus inermis. Published online. Accessed: Dec 23 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Selenicereus inermis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus inermis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Selenicereus inermis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 23. Reference page. 

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