PLANTS Profile for Peniocereus greggii (nightblooming cereus)

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PLANTS Profile

Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
nightblooming cereus

Symbol:

PEGR3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Distribution:
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 2 species in Peniocereus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose var. greggii. .

Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
nightblooming cereus

Distribution of Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose var. transmontanus (Engelm.) Backeb.. .

Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus
nightblooming cereus

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Peniocereus (A. Berger) Britton & Rose – peniocereus
Species	Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – nightblooming cereus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
night-blooming cereus		Salvage restricted
Peniocereus greggii var. transmontanus
queen-of-the-night		Salvage restricted
New Mexico:
desert night-blooming cereus		Endangered
Peniocereus greggii var. greggii
night-blooming cereus		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504196.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 04:35 AM CDT