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Taxon:
Stenocereus stellatus
(Pfeiff.) Riccob.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Stenocereus
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Echinocereeae
Nomen number:
403118
Place of publication:
Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 8:253. 1909
Verified:
03/02/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cereus stellatus
Pfeiff.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lemaireocereus stellatus
(Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
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Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family
Casas, A. et al.
1997. Ethnobotany and domestication in xoconochtli,
Stenocereus stellatus
(Cactaceae), in the Tehuacán Valley and La Mixteca Baja, México. Econ. Bot. 51:279-292.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Casas, A. et al.
1999. Morphological variation and the process of domestication of
Stenocereus stellatus
(Cactaceae) in central Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 86:522-533.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Pimienta-Barrios, E. & P. S. Nobel.
1994. Pitaya (
Stenocereus
spp., Cactaceae): an ancient and modern fruit crop of Mexico. Econ. Bot. 48:76-83.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
Spanish
pitaya –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Mexico)
xoconochtli –
Reference(s)
Swedish
stjärnpelarkaktus –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guerrero
n.e.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Morelos
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
n.w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Puebla
s.
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Guerrero (n.e.), Morelos (s.), Oaxaca (n.w.), Puebla (s.)]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
Casas, A. et al.
1997. Ethnobotany and domestication in xoconochtli,
Stenocereus stellatus
(Cactaceae), in the Tehuacán Valley and La Mixteca Baja, México. Econ. Bot. 51:279-292.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human food
fruit
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family
Name
References