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December 2024

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Pereskia horrida (Kunth) DC.

This species name was first published in Prodr. 3: 475. 1828.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001287452.

Synonyms of Pereskia horrida (Kunth) DC.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cactus horridus Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 70. 1823. wfo-0000577904
Pereskia humboldtii Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 251. 1923. wfo-0001287446
Pereskia vargasii H.Johnson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24(4): 115. 1952. wfo-0001287464
Pereskia vargasii var. rauhii Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957. wfo-0001287465
Pereskia vargasii var. longispina Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 6. 1957. wfo-0001287466
Pereskia humboldtii var. rauhii (Backeb.) Leuenb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 69. 1986. wfo-0001287467
Rhodocactus horridus (Kunth) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 97. 1936. wfo-0001288821
Pereskia horrida subsp. rauhii (Backeb.) Ostolaza in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 6: 9. 1998. wfo-0001433632