Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose
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Filed As
Cactaceae
Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose -
Collector(s)
D. R. Simpson 400 with J. Schunke V., 17 Dec 1967
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Location
Peru. Tumbes. Zarumilla Prov. Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: cerca de Campo Verde. Collected about 0.5km from Campo Verde along the road. Distrito Matapalo: Collections made along the trail that connects Hito. Figueroa with the El Caucho to Campo Verde road. From a point near Cerro de Tres Picos to the road, then along the road to Campo Verde.
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Description
Epiphyte. Epiphyte on bushes and low trees, the branches resting on tree branches; flowers open at night and early morning, closing in mid-morning. Perianth parts white in center of flower, grading to lemon yellow outward, and to green with reddish tinge on outermost; pedicel bracts reddish green to red. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 679762
Occurrence ID: ef45940f-8a81-4ef3-b10b-de16c521e0a0
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Feedback
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Caryophyllales
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Family
Cactaceae
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All Determinations
Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose det R. Bauer, 2004
Hylocereus det B. E. Leuenberger, 24 Sep 1985
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Region
South America
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Country
Peru
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State/Province
Tumbes
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County/Municipio
Zarumilla Prov.
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Locality
Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: cerca de Campo Verde. Collected about 0.5km from Campo Verde along the road. Distrito Matapalo: Collections made along the trail that connects Hito. Figueroa with the El Caucho to Campo Verde road. From a point near Cerro de Tres Picos to the road, then along the road to Campo Verde.
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Elevation
Alt. 600 - 800 m. (1969 - 2625 ft.)
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Distribution
(4. VAA^Owrt 00679762 YOffj BOTANICAL ¿*ARV&*i, nyíocc-rtx^í Sf¡. det confirm. W,UA^hüJk*r^~ Zi. 9. 85" (R,^,(W^ 900M MUS. BOT. BEROL. PERU Field Museum of Natural History, Servicio Forestal y de Caza del Perú Dpto. Tumbes: Prov. Zarumilla Cereus J Epiphyte on bushes and low trees, the branches resting on tree branches; flowers open at night and early morning, closing in mid-morning. Perianth parts white in center of flower, gra- ding to lemon yellow outward, and to green with reddish tinge on outermost; pedicel bracts red- dish green to red» Collected about 0.5 km. from Campo Verde along the road. Distrito Mata- palo: Collections made along the trail that connects Kito. Figueroa with the El Caucho to Campo Verde road. From a point near Cerro de Tres Picos to the road, then along the road to Bosque Nacional de Tumbes: Región de “bosque seco subtropical” (sensu Tosí, 1960) cerca de Campo Verde. Altura sobre el mar 600- 800 m. Campo Verde. Coll. ^ ti l^QQ Donald R. Simpson & José ßchunke V. Dec. 17, 196? Collections of a Cooperative project sponsored by the Servicio Forestal y de Caza (Lima, Peru) and the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago). Funded by National Science Found*- tion grant no. GB-6588. 00679762
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Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose