Pereskia aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Pereskioideae
Genus: Pereskia
Subgenus: P. subg. Pereskia
Series: P. ser. Pereskia
Species: Pereskia aculeata

Name

Pereskia aculeata Mill. (1768)

- Lectotype (designated by Leuenberger, B. E. 19861): [illustration] Plate 227, fig. 294 of Dillenius, Hortus elthamensis. 1732

Synonyms

Cactus pereskia L., Sp. Pl.: 469. 1753 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
Pereskia pereskia (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 888. 1882 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
Pereskia peireskia H.Karst. in Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 107. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cactus lucidus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 849. 1796, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
- Pereskia longispina Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 178. 1812 syn. sec. Tropicos
Pereskia aculeata var. longispina (Haw.) DC., Prodr. 3: 475. 1828 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Pereskia aculeata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 202. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pereskia arcadia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. The Plant List v. 1.1 2013 [non Pereskia acardia J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. 1837]
- Pereskia aculeata var. lanceolata Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
- Pereskia aculeata var. rotundifolia Hort.Dyck. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
- Pereskia aculeata var. rubescens Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
Pereskia aculeata f. rubescens (Pfeiff.) Krainz, Kakteen 41A: A. 1969 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
Pereskia rubescens (Pfeiff.) Houghton in J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1(2): 3. 1929 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
- Pereskia brasiliensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pereskia braziliensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 176. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pereskia aculeata var. brasiliensis (Pfeiff.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 50. 1937 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pereskia fragrans Lem., Hort. Universel 2: 40. 1841 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Pereskia undulata Lem., Ill. Hort. 5 (Misc.): 11. 1858 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986
- Pereskia aculeata var. rotunda Monach., Ill. Dict. Gard.: 589. 1901 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pereskia foetens Speg. in Weingart in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 134. 1904 syn. sec. Tropicos
- Pereskia godseffiana Anon. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 43: 257. 1908 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (Anon.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth ex Krainz, Kakteen: A. 1969 syn. sec. Leuenberger 1986

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
- Regional: Central America
  - Panamá
- Introduced into:
  - Ascension, Bermuda, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Miller, P. 1768. The Gardeners Dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery. Ed. 8, 3 volumes (without pagination), John & Francis Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.541 Reference page. : ed. 8: Pereskia.

Additional references

Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2022. Pereskia aculeata in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pereskia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Pereskia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 20 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Pereskia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Jan 2022.
The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Aug 27.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pereskia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Barbados gooseberry, leaf cactus, blade-apple cactus
español: bugambilia blanca, camelia blanca, grosellero, jasmín de uvas, ramo de novia
français: Groseillier des Barbades
lietuvių: Dygliuotoji pereskija
português: Ora-pro-nobis, azedinha, Cipó-Santo, espinho-de-Santo-Antônio, espinho-preto, lobolôbô, surucucú
русский: Переския шиповатая