Jasminocereus thouarsii(F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
First published in Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 2: 912 (1959)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Galápagos. It is a succulent tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Synonyms
Has 14 Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Brachycereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose inCact. 2: 120 (1920)
- Cereus thouarsii F.A.C.Weber inBull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 312 (1899)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cereus galapagensis F.A.C.Weber inBull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 5: 312 (1899)
- Cereus sclerocarpus K.Schum. inProc. Amer. Acad. Arts 38: 179 (1903)
- Jasminocereus galapagensis Britton & Rose inCact. 2: 146 (1920)
- Jasminocereus howellii E.Y.Dawson inCact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 71 (1962)
- Jasminocereus howellii var.delicatus E.Y.Dawson inCact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 72 (1962)
- Jasminocereus sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) Backeb. inCactaceae (Berlin) 1943-1944: 24 (1944)
- Jasminocereus thouarsii var.chathamensis E.Y.Dawson inCact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 73 (1962)
- Jasminocereus thouarsii subsp.delicatus (E.Y.Dawson) Lodé inCact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 33(1): 54 (2021), nom. superfl.
- Jasminocereus thouarsii var.delicatus (E.Y.Dawson) E.F.Anderson & Walk. inMadroño 20: 256 (1970)
- Jasminocereus thouarsii subsp.howellii (E.Y.Dawson) Guiggi inCactology 5(Suppl. 8): 12 (2020)
- Jasminocereus thouarsii subsp.sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) Lodé inCact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 33(1): 54 (2021)
- Jasminocereus thouarsii var.sclerocarpus (K.Schum.) E.F.Anderson & Walk. inMadroño 20: 256 (1970)
Classification
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumStreptophyta
- ClassEquisetopsida
- SubclassMagnoliidae
- OrderCaryophyllales
- Family
- Genus
- SpeciesJasminocereus thouarsii
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Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howell [8847] Ecuador | K000250577 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250568 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250574 | No | |||
| Howell [9457] Ecuador | K000250576 | No | |||
| van der Werff, H.H. [1850] Ecuador | K000250578 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250572 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250570 | No | |||
| Svenson [2] Ecuador | K000250575 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250569 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250573 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89148] Ecuador | K000250571 | No | |||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89145] Ecuador | Jasminocereus thouarsii var.delicatus | K000250567 | No | ||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89145] Ecuador | Jasminocereus thouarsii var.delicatus | K000250566 | No | ||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89146] Ecuador | Jasminocereus thouarsii var.sclerocarpus | K000250579 | No | ||
| Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89146A] Ecuador | Jasminocereus thouarsii var.sclerocarpus | K000250580 | No |
Sources
Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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IUCN Categories
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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