Harrisia bonplandii (Parm.) Britton & Rose

  • Filed As

    Cactaceae
    Harrisia bonplandii (Parm.) Britton & Rose

  • Collector(s)

    T. Morong 268, 11 Dec 1888

  • Location

    Trinidad and Tobago.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03859982

    Occurrence ID: 8a8c71b0-0adf-4ec7-8d99-432b647ce496

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Trinidad and Tobago

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Unable to georeference; locality information vague.

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THE CAÇTACEAE
Carnegie Institution
of Washington
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTAmOAL
| Cereus Balansae, K. Schum. in Mart. PI. Bras., iv, pt. 2, 210.
Trinidad (268). December. == Balansa 2504.
Stem columnar, 5—8 cm. thick, growing upright among rocks 3 m. j
or more, with 4-5 angles and as many rows of spines, the spines
| in 5s, of unequal length (1-4 cm.). Flowers very handsome, some
15 cm. in length, the petals a brilliant white,; peduncles 7 or 8 cm. j
I long and covered with lanceolate scales, 2|- cm. in length. Fruit a
; large globular red berry, 6 cm. long and nearly as broad, the pulp
I fleshy, white, edible, full of small black, bard seeds. The powers
close soon, after sunrise.
PLANTS OK SOUTH AMERICA.
Collected by Thos. Morong, 1888-1890.
. -A Central Paraguay.
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Harrisia bonplandii (Parm. ex Pfeiff.)Britton & Rose
Alan R. Franck 18 February 2013
University of South Florida (USF)
The New York Botanical Garden
Using concepts and nomenclature of R. Kiesling. 1996, El genero
Harrisia (Cactaceae) en la Argentina. Darwiniana 34: 389-398.
det. M. Nee, 2009 dufli* $0 C¿iej
Examined for
Harrisia bonplandii (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Syn. Cereus guelichii Speg., C. balansae K. Schum.
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