Characteristics
Dicots
Selenicereus undatus (Haw.)D.R. Hunt
NIGHTBLOOMING CACTUS
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Hylocereus is now considered a synonym of Selenicereus. The distinction between the two genera has been equivocal and plastid DNA phylogenetic data support their unification (Korotkova et al. 2017).
Not Native
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Selenicereus undatus (Haw.)D.R. Hunt - NIGHTBLOOMING CACTUS
Citation
SELENICEREUS UNDATUS (Haworth) D.R. Hunt, Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 36: 35. 2017.
Cereus undatus Haworth 1830.
Cactus triangularis, Sims, Bot. Mag. 44: t. 1884, 1817 (neotype). Neotypified by Taylor 119. 1995.
Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Selenicereus undatus - 159
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Selenicereus undatus - 233
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