Source de la synonymie
Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S. N. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, 55: 1-580. [CD_REF = 629302] Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill., 1768

 

Date de publication : Lloydia, 2: 199. 1939.

Type : Guyana, pentes nord-ouest des monts Kanuku (bassin de la crique Moku-Moku, affluent de la Takutu), dense forest, on rock ledges, 150-400 m, 31/03-16/04/1938, fleurs. Terrestrial, 2 m high. Calyx lobes pink-tinged; petals and filaments white. Fruit pink, to 9 x 6 cm. Seeds black. A.C. Smith 3387 (HT: NY00120660; IT: F0052848F, G00236526, GH00061821, K000101584, LE00006954, MO-313079, P00084412).