"Moonlight cactus" redirects here. For the films, see Moonlight and Cactus.
Selenicereus
Selenicereus spinulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Hylocereeae
Genus:
Selenicereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Chiapasophyllum Doweld
Cryptocereus Alexander
Hylocereus Britton & Rose
Werckleocereus Britton & Rose
Wilmattea Britton & Rose
Selenicereus, sometimes known as moonlight cactus, is a genus of epiphytic, lithophytic, and terrestrial cacti, found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The term night-blooming cereus is also sometimes used, but this is also used for many night-blooming cacti, including Epiphyllum and Peniocereus. In 2017, the genus Hylocereus was brought into synonymy with Selenicereus. A number of species of Selenicereus produce fruit that is eaten. The fruit, known as pitaya or pitahaya in Spanish or as dragon fruit, may be collected from the wild or the plants may be cultivated.
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the genus Hylocereus was brought into synonymy with Selenicereus. A number of species of Selenicereus produce fruit that is eaten. The fruit, known as pitaya...
Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae and is the most...
grandiflorus (L) Selenicereus grandiflorus Picture Selenicereus grandiflorus Pictures and time lapse movie of opening flower desert-tropicals.com: Selenicereus...
Selenicereus megalanthus, synonym Hylocereus megalanthus, is a cactus species in the genus Selenicereus that is native to northern South America, where...
compositions of the seed oils of Selenicereus costaricensis, syn. Hylocereus costaricensis (red-fleshed pitaya) and Selenicereus undatus, syn. Hylocereus undatus...
nested within Selenicereus, so all the species of Hylocereus were transferred to Selenicereus, with this species becoming Selenicereus costaricensis....
Epiphyllum chrysocardium (syn.: Selenicereus chrysocardium) is an epiphytic cactus native to Mexico, commonly called fern leaf cactus, golden heart epiphyllum...
Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-03-04. Media related to Selenicereus monacanthus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Selenicereus monacanthus at Wikispecies...
February 2017. "Selenicereus anthonyanus (Alexander) D.R. Hunt". The Plant List. Retrieved 2021-04-05. Media related to Selenicereus anthonyanus at Wikimedia...
genus Hylocereus was nested within Selenicereus, so all the species of Hylocereus were transferred to Selenicereus. The species previously placed in the...
family. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA. Media related to Selenicereus hamatus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Selenicereus hamatus at Wikispecies...
vary from 7–15 cm long. It is most closely related to Selenicereus atropilosus and Selenicereus vagans. Stems scandent, clambering or sprawling, branching...
Selenicereus setaceus, synonym Hylocereus setaceus, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay...
closely related to any of the species in the tribe Cereeae, such as Selenicereus, that are more commonly known as night-blooming cereus. All Cereus species...
genus Selenicereus due to its flower structure. In 2003, Ralf Bauer suggested that Strophocactus should be recognized again and that Selenicereus wittii...
Strophocactus (which had been sunk into Selenicereus). It was also shown that Hylocereus was nested within Selenicereus. A major molecular phylogenetic study...
1836, as Nyctocereus chontalensis. It was later placed in the genera Selenicereus and Strophocactus, but molecular phylogenetic studies in 2017 and 2018...
with white flowers, including: Several night-blooming cereus species Selenicereus (moonlight cactus) and its species, including those formerly placed in...
hybrid cacti formed by crosses between Disocactus, Pseudorhipsalis, Selenicereus and Epiphyllum; often collectively called "epiphyllums" or "epis" Epiphyllum...
cultivated for its fruit. In more tropical southern areas, the climber Selenicereus undatus provides pitahaya orejona, now widely grown in Asia under the...
the only species. In 1965, Franz Buxbaum transferred it to the genus Selenicereus, based on its flowers, a view supported by Wilhelm Barthlott and David...
Some species were transferred to Selenicereus in 2017: Weberocereus alliodorus Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern. → Selenicereus alliodorus Weberocereus glaber (Eichlam)...
Ipomoea, Ipomoea muricata, Datura candida, Brugmansia suaveolens, and Selenicereus wittii. The similar "moon-flower" was used in the 1800s as a name for...
zig-zag cactus is the common name of several cacti: Disocactus anguliger Selenicereus anthonyanus Weberocereus imitans This disambiguation page lists articles...
genus Pereskia P. aculeata, the "Barbados gooseberry" P. guamacho Genus Selenicereus S. undatus, S. megalanthus and other species ("dragon fruits") genus...
basilaris Mescaline 0.01%, plus 4-hydroxy-3-5-dimethoxyphenethylamine Selenicereus grandiflorus Stetsonia coryne Entheogenic drugs and the archaeological...
was a hybrid involving Selenicereus, and Clive Innes stated that he "re-made" the cross between D. crenatus and Selenicereus grandiflorus, obtaining...
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