Selenicereus undatus

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

Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) D.R.Hunt, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 36: 35 (2017).

• Basionym
  • Cereus undatus Haw., Phil. Mag. 7(38): 110 (1830).
• Homotypic
  • Cereus undatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 94 (1837), isonym.
  • Harrisia undata (Haw.) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 564 (1908 publ. 1909).
  • Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton, Fl. Bermuda: 256, fig. 278 (1918).
• Heterotypic
  • Cereus undulatus D.Dietr., Syn. Plant. 3: 104 (1842), orth. var.
  • Cereus tricostatus Rol.-Goss., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 664 (1908), syn. sec. Korotkova & al. (2017).
    • Hylocereus tricostatus (Rol.-Goss.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 429 (1909), syn. sec. Korotkova & al. (2017).
  • Hylocereus undatus subsp. luteocarpus Cálix, Haseltonia 11: 12 (11-17; figs. 1-2, 3a,c) (2005).
    • Selenicereus undatus subsp. luteocarpus (Cálix) M.H.J.van der Meer, Cact. Phantast. 8(1): 1 (2019).

• Hunt, D.R. 2017. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 36: 35.

• 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. 
• Serapio, J., Laguna, E., Gómez-Bellver, C., Domínguez, L.A., Verloove, F. & Sáez, L. 2023. Contribution to the alien flora of the Balearic Islands. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural 87(1-4): 11-28. PDF Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Selenicereus undatus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Selenicereus undatus. Published online. Accessed: 25 November 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Selenicereus undatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 November 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Selenicereus undatus. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Selenicereus undatus. Accessed: 16 July 2025.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Selenicereus undatus. Accessed: 2025 July 16.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Selenicereus undatus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 25. Reference page. 

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