Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus
Cactaceae 4: 1945. 1960.
Illustrated
Basionym: Cereus greggii var. transmontanus Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 287. 1856
Synonyms: Cereus greggii var. roseiflorus Kunze
Areoles nearly circular, 2 × 2 mm, spines radially spreading. Flowers 22–25 × 7–8 cm.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer; fruiting summer–early fall.
Habitat: Sonoran Desert, sandy or gravelly loams, creosote bush-bursage flats, edges of washes and on slopes of small hills
Elevation: 300-1100 m
Distribution
Ariz., Mexico (Sonora)
Discussion
Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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cream-yellow +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
cushionlike +
arillate +
absent +
apart +
circular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
flowering +
absent +
hourglass--shaped +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
woodlike +
hardened +
surrounding +
swollen +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
raised +
polygonal +
sessile +
symmetric +
proliferating +
arising +
not mucilaginous +
thick +
not separating +
intact +
persistent +
sessile +
symmetric +
arranged +
nocturnal +
fragrant +
bisexual +
salverform +
adnate +
epigynous +
conspicuous +
darkening;bright red +
drying +
indehiscent +
low +
scaleless +
tuberculate +
ellipsoid +
fleshy +
absent +
Sonoran Desert, sandy or gravelly loams, creosote bush-bursage flats, edges of washes and on slopes of small hills +
dense +
Present +
apiculate +
8mm;12mm +
sessile +
alternate +
absent +
rudimentary +
tuberculate +
fluted;spheric;depressed-spheric or club-shaped +
apparent +
sepal-like +
2mm;6mm +
true +
surrounding +
sunken +
epigynous +
compound +
not mucilaginous +
parietal +
3;14 +
separated +
flowering +
coalescent +
Cactaceae +
1960 +
reddish +
edible +
uninterrupted +
straight +
vertical +
prominent +
4;6 +
minute +
clustered +
diffuse +
turnip--shaped +
vertical +
leaflike +
absent +
triangular +
small +
black +
0.4mm;12mm +
1;3000 +
oblong +
persistent +
detachable +
Illustrated +
bristlelike +
ribbonlike +
radial +
yellowish white +
appressed +
pliable +
spreading +
absent +
puberulent +
50;1500 +
decurrent +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
canescent +
narrowed +
rigid +
0.3cm;2cm +
white +
absent +
white +
tuberculate +
woody +
adventitous +
adventitious +
tuberlike +
Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus +
Peniocereus greggii +
variety +
sweet +
5;50 +
lanceolate;oblanceolate apiculate +
black +
long +
flaring +
distinct +
absent +
branched +
perennial +
epiphytic;epiphytic;epiphytic +
inconspicuous +
cylinders +