Pereskia bleo

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• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Pereskia

Stems straight or zig-zag . Spines 1-12 per areole. Flowers from areoles of new growth, fragrant or not; outer tepals often greenish, colored near margins ; inner tepals white, yellow, orange-red, red, pink to purplish; stamens 50-100 in small-flowered species, to 300 in large-flowered species; filaments colorless near base , in some species pigmented distally, color either matching inner tepals or contrasting with them; styles shorter to longer than stamens; stigma lobes 3-20. x = 11.

Species 17: introduced ; tropical and subtropical regions in the New World, primarily South America.

Whether the populations of Pereskia in the flora area are reproducing sexually or maintaining themselves solely by vegetative means remains unclear. The population biology of both species and their long-term persistence in the flora need to be monitored.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication : Prodr. 3:475. 1828.

Name verified on 01-Mar-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Mar-2004.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pereskia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. aculeata (Barbados Gooseberry) · P. aculeata var. rotundifolia (Pereskia) · P. aculeata var. rubescens (Pereskia) · P. aureiflora (Fachno) · P. bahiensis (Espinha De Santo Antonio) · P. bleo (Leaf Cactus) · P. diaz-romeroana (Uturunku) · P. grandifolia (Bastard Rose) · P. grandifolia violacea (Pereskia) · P. guamacho (Fachno) · P. horrida (Pereskia) · P. horrida rauhii (Pereskia) · P. lychnidiflora (Cruz Del Matrimonio) · P. marcanoi (Pereskia) · P. nemorosa (Amapola) · P. portulacifolia (Camelia Roja) · P. quisqueyana (Pereskia) · P. saccharosa (Pereskia) · P. sacharosa (Sacharosa) · P. stenantha (Espinha De Santo Antonio) · P. weberiana (Cervetano) · P. zinniiflora (Abrojo)

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Further Reading

• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 17, p. 17, p. 18, p. 18, p. 20, p. 251, p. 4, p. 9, p. 9, p. V.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 324, p. 322.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 27 1928 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 278, plate 56.
• Curtis's botanical magazine. 63 1836 London; New York [etc.]: Academic Press [etc.] url .
• Ornamental gardening in Florida, by Charles Torrey Simpson; a treatise on the decorative plants adapted to Florida and their cultivation, with suggestions for the ornamentation of Florida homes and grounds. Little River, Fla., The author, 1916. url p. 162.
• Succulent plants in trade from the wild: analysis of conservation status and international trade UK Dept of the Environment, Transport and Regions url p. 130.
• The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 597.
• The Cactaceae, descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family, by N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose. Washington, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919-23. url p. 17, p. 18, p. 20, p. 4.
• The Cactaceae: descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family / by N.L. Britton and J.N. Rose. 1 1919 Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1919-1923. url fig. 11, fig. 12, fig. 15, p. 17, p. 18, p. 20, p. 251, p. 4, p. 9, text figures, page V.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 192, p. 427.
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 4 1894-1896 London. url p. 367.
• Leuenberger, B. E. 1986. Pereskia (Cactaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 1-141.
• Leuenberger, B. E. 1992. Leaf-bearing cacti (genus Pereskia) in cultivation. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 64: 247-263.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3475157
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15308113
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:137458-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 27357
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606819

Footnotes

1. Michael W. Hawkes "Pereskia". in Flora of North America Vol. 4 Page 92, 95, 100. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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