Biology:Epiphyllum grandilobum

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Short description: Species of cactus

Epiphyllum grandilobum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Epiphyllum
Species:
E. grandilobum
Binomial name
Epiphyllum grandilobum
(F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Epiphyllum gigas Woodson & Cutak
  • Phyllocactus grandilobus F.A.C.Weber

Epiphyllum grandilobum is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.[3] This species occurs in elevations of 20 to 1100 m in continuously declining forest habitats, which are threatened by housing and urban areas, tourism and recreational areas, in addition to annual and perennial non-timber crops. The populations are severely fragmented.[1] International trade is restricted to the terms of CITES appendix II, in order to prevent poaching of wild populations.[4] One source suggests the species is also found in Guatemala.[5]

Etymology

The specific epithet grandilobum, meaning "big-lobed", refers to the unusually large lobes of the phyllocladia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hammel, B. (2017). "Epiphyllum grandilobum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2017: e.T151873A121446747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151873A121446747.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151873/121446747. 
  2. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 257 (1913)
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Epiphyllum grandilobum" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/92726-2. Retrieved 15 February 2022. 
  4. "Epiphyllum grandilobum". CITES. https://cites.org/eng/taxonomy/term/8565. 
  5. Backeberg, C. (1958). Die Cactaceae (Vol. 1). Gustav Fischer Verlag.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q310128 entry