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Pereskia  Mill.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19753

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Rhodocactus (A. Berger) F.M. Knuth
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusPereskia Mill.  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesPereskia aculeata Mill. – Barbados shrub 
                                  SpeciesPereskia aureiflora F. Ritter  
                                  SpeciesPereskia bahiensis Gürke  
                                  SpeciesPereskia bleo (Kunth) DC.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia diaz-romeroana Cárdenas  
                                  SpeciesPereskia grandifolia Haw. – rose cactus 
                                  SpeciesPereskia guamacho F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesPereskia horrida (Kunth) DC.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia lychnidiflora DC.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia marcanoi Areces  
                                  SpeciesPereskia nemorosa Rojas Acosta  
                                  SpeciesPereskia portulacifolia (L.) DC.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia quisqueyana Alain  
                                  SpeciesPereskia sacharosa Griseb.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia stenantha F. Ritter  
                                  SpeciesPereskia weberiana K. Schum.  
                                  SpeciesPereskia zinniiflora DC.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.   
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Pereskia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES species, CD-ROM (version 2008)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Pereskia   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pereskia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Pereskia   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Pereskia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pereskia   
       

 Geographic Information
       
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  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Removed from Appendix II, adopted at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (The Hague, 2007)  
 

 

    


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