Biology:Epiphyllum cartagense
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Short description: Species of cactus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Epiphyllum |
| Species: | E. cartagense
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| Binomial name | |
| Epiphyllum cartagense (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose[2]
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| Distribution of Epiphyllum cartagense | |
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Epiphyllum cartagense is an epiphytic species of cactus native to Costa Rica and Panama.[4] This species occurs in subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest or montane wet forest at elevations of 600 to 2000 m. The population is stable and the IUCN categorises the species as least concern.[1] International trade is restricted to the conditions of CITES.[5] The specific epithet cartagense refers to the locality Cartago in Costa Rica.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hammel, B. (2017). "Epiphyllum cartagense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2017: e.T152940A121495402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152940A121495402.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152940/121495402.
- ↑ Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 256 (1913)
- ↑ Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 462 (1902)
- ↑ "Epiphyllum cartagense" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/92711-2. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ↑ "Epiphyllum cartagense". CITES. https://cites.org/eng/taxonomy/term/8564.
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3, S. 42.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q310137 entry
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