Selenicereus setaceus

Selenicereus setaceus
(Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer

from Britton & Rose (1920), plate XXXVII

Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae
Genus	Hylocereus

2n =

Origin : Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia
northern Argentina

wild and cultivated

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Popular names

• English:
• French:
• Spanish: pitajaya amarilla (NWFD)
• ? : yacare ruguira (NWFD)

Classification

Hylocereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer (2003)

basionym

• Cereus setaceus Salm-Dyck ex DC. (1828)

synonyms

• Selenicereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Werderm. (1933)
• Mediocactus setaceus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Borg (1951)

References

• Vásquez, Ch. R. y S.G. Coimbra. 2002. Frutas silvestres comestibles de Santa Cruz. 2da edición. Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Editorial FAN.

Links

• [GRIN]
• Prota4U
• New World Fruit DB
• IPNI