Harrisia divaricata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Harrisia
Species:
H. divaricata
Binomial name
Harrisia divaricata
(Lam.) Lourteig
Synonyms
  • Cactus divaricatus Lam. 1785
  • Cereus divaricatus (Lam.) DC. 1828
  • Pilocereus divaricatus (Lam.) Lem. 1862
  • Cephalocereus hermentianus (Monv. ex Lem.) Britton & Rose 1909
  • Cereus divergens Pfeiff. 1837
  • Cereus fimbriatus Pfeiff. 1837
  • Cereus hermentianus Monv. ex Lem. 1859
  • Cereus nashii (Britton) Vaupel 1913
  • Harrisia nashii Britton 1908 publ. 1909
  • Harrisia nashii var. straminea W.T.Marshall 1943
  • Pilocereus albispinus Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler 1885
  • Pilocereus hermentianus (Monv. ex Lem.) Lem. 1868
  • Pilosocereus hermentianus (Monv. ex Lem.) Byles & G.D.Rowley 1957

Harrisia divaricata is a species of cactus endemic to Hispaniola.[1]

Description

Harrisia divaricata grows as a shrub up to 1 meter tall with upright, richly branched, slender shoots. There are nine blunt ribs. The four brown central spines are 2 to 2.5 centimeters long. The eight to ten marginal spines are white.

The flowers are large and the globose spherical fruits are yellow.[2] Seeds are 1.4–1.65 × 2.05 –2.6 mm.

Distribution

Harrisia divaricata is widespread on Hispaniola growing in scrublands and scrub forest at 5-400 meters.[3]


Taxonomy

The first description as Cactus divaricatus was made in 1785 by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck.[4] The specific epithet divaricata means 'spread'. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Harrisia in 1960. Further nomenclature synonyms are Cereus divaricatus (Lam.) DC. (1828), Pilocereus divaricatus (Lam.) Lem. (1862) and Harrisia divaricata (Lam.) Lourteig (1991, nom. inval.).


References

  1. ↑ "Harrisia divaricata (Lam.) Backeb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 338. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ↑ Franck, Alan R. (2016). "MONOGRAPH OF HARRISIA" (PDF). Phytoneuron. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. ↑ Lamarck, Jean Baptiste; Poiret, Jean Louis Marie (1783). Encyclopédie méthodique: botanique /Par m. le chevalier de Lamarck. Paris, Liège: Panckoucke; Plomteux. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.824.
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