Phyllocactus pittieri F.A.C. Weber in Bois
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: Henri F. Pittier
label: Max. Elevation
content: 20
label: Min. Elevation
content: 20
notes: label: Notes
content: Protologue does not explicitly cite any collections; this is one of the 3 collections cited by Weber in a later publication (1902) and may be the collection upon which his 1898 name was based. There is no collection date but Pittier's numbers immediately before and after 10319 were collected in 1896, and this is thus eligible as original material. 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. Tonduz 13052 cannot be original material and cannot be a lectotype. 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: Costa Rica, Central America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
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content: Type Register
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Phyllocactus pittieri F.A.C. Weber in Bois
label: Published Name
content: Epiphyllum phyllanthus var. pittieri (F.A.C. Weber) Kimnach
label: Published Name
content: Epiphyllum pittieri (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00172748
label: USNM Number
content: 471982
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Weber, F. A. C., Bois, D. 1898. Dictionnaire d'Horticulture.
label: Type Status
content: Possible type
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Cactaceae Cactoideae