Species of cactus
This article is about the true species. For the cultivated hybrid often distributed under this name, see Disocactus × jenkinsonii.
Disocactus ackermannii
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From Curtis's Botanical Register, 1830
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Order:
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Caryophyllales
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Family:
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Cactaceae
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Subfamily:
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Cactoideae
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Genus:
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Disocactus
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Species:
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D. ackermannii
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Binomial name
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Disocactus ackermannii
(Haw.) Barthlott[2]
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Synonyms
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- Cactus ackermannii (Haw.) Lindl.
- Epiphyllum ackermannii Haw.
- Heliocereus ackermannii (Haw.) Doweld
- Nopalxochia ackermannii (Haw.) F.M.Knuth
- Weberocereus ackermannii (Haw.) S.S.Ying
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Disocactus ackermannii commonly called red orchid cactus is an epiphytic cactus from tropical forests in the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico. In cultivation, it has been confused with Disocactus × jenkinsonii, a hybrid between D. phyllanthoides and D. speciosus.[3]
- ^ Arias, S. & Ishiki, M. 2017. Disocactus ackermannii (amended version of 2013 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T152413A121474010. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152413A121474010.en. Accessed 22 February 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Heath, P. V. (1989). "The strange and curious tale of the true and false Epiphyllum ackermannii (Cactaceae)". Taxon. 38 (1): 124–128. doi:10.2307/1220912. ISSN 1996-8175. JSTOR 1220912.