Epiphyllum cartagense (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose
date: label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1899
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: Adolphe Tonduz
label: Max. Elevation
content: 635
label: Min. Elevation
content: 635
notes: label: Notes
content: Kimnach made an error in designating Tonduz 13052 as a lectotype of Phyllocactus pittieri Weber. The name was published in 1898, whereas Tonduz 13052 was collected in April (US) or May (P) 1899. Kimnach refers to 3 syntypes but the original publication cites no collections at all. From the name, a Pittier collection would be expected as the type. In 1902 Weber wrote a much longer description, citing 3 collections, and one of the 3 cited collections is Pittier 10319. If this was collected prior to 1898 it is probably the proper type of the name.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San José, Costa Rica, Central America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Epiphyllum cartagense (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose
label: Published Name
content: Phyllocactus pittieri F.A.C. Weber in Bois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00172562
label: USNM Number
content: 795913
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Cactaceae Cactoideae