Nyctocereus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Nyctocereus
Species: N. serpentinus
Name

Nyctocereus Britton & Rose Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 423. (1909)

Type species: Nyctocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Britton & Rose
Synonyms

Homotypic
Cereus [infragen.unranked] Serpentini Salm-Dyck ex DC., Prodr. 3: 467 (1828).
Cereus subsect. Nyctocereus A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 75. 31 Mai 1905, nom. illeg.
Cereus subsect. Serpentini Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 50 (1850).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. (1909) Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 423.

Additional references

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 Open access Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. 2005. Adjustments in the nomenclature of the genera Acanthocereus, Heliocereus and Nyctocereus (Cactaceae). Sukkulenty 8(1–2): 13–15. Reference page.
Arias, S., Terrazas, T., Arreola-Nava, H.J., Vázquez-Sánchez, M. & Cameron, K.M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in Peniocereus (Cactaceae) inferred from plastid DNA sequence data. Journal of Plant Research 118(5): 317–328. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-005-0225-3 Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Nyctocereus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 Febr 15.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Nyctocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Nyctocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Nyctocereus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 18 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Nyctocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Nyctocereus. 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 18. Reference page.

Vernacular names