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Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family POACEAE]

Collector Swartz, Olof P., #s.n.

Collection Date None

Resource Type Specimens

Country Unknown

Herbarium S

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family POACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Urban, I., 1923
Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family POACEAE]; Verified by Leuenberger, B.E., 1983

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Collector Churcher GM, #13912

Collection Date 1968-03-04

Resource Type Specimens

Country Kenya

Herbarium EA

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE] (stored under name)
[family ]

Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Entry From FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 506, (1978) Author: M. L. Gonçalves

Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Resource Type Reference Sources

Range have become naturalized in Africa.

Information None

[family ]

Collector Kahurananga J &Kiilu P, #2959

Collection Date 1971-07-17

Resource Type Specimens

Country Kenya

Herbarium EA

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family ASCLEPIADACEAE] (stored under name)
[family ]

Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Collector Young, R.G.N.;Young, M.E.N., #2257

Collection Date 1937-07-08

Resource Type Specimens

Country South Africa

Herbarium PRE

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE] (stored under name)

Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Collector [Not on sheet], #s.n.

Collection Date None

Resource Type Specimens

Country Unknown

Herbarium S

Identifications Cactus pereskia L. [family CACTACEAE]; Verified by Solander, D.C.
Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Wikström, J.E.
Cactus pereskia L. [family CACTACEAE]; Verified by Wikström, J.E.

Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Collector Nietzel, Dietrich, #s.n.

Collection Date None

Resource Type Specimens

Country Unknown

Herbarium S

Identifications Cactus pereskia L. [family CACTACEAE]; Verified by Montin, L.J.
Cactus pereskia L. [family CACTACEAE]; Verified by Lindman, C.A.M.
Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Wikström, J.E.

Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Collector Hans Sloane, #s.n

Collection Date None

Resource Type Specimens

Country Jamaica

Herbarium BM

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by W. Fawcett

Filed as Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE]

Collector Not on Sheet, #s.n.

Collection Date None

Resource Type Specimens

Country Unknown

Herbarium M

Identifications Pereskia aculeata Mill. [family CACTACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Montes de Oca, P., 2012

Pereskia aculeata [family CACTACEAE]

Entry From Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux

Contributor South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)

Resource Type Reference Sources

Range A garden escape in Natal and countries further north, forming impenetrable hedges. Planted over graves for protection by the Zulus. The fruits are edible and known under various names such as Barbados Gooseberry, Lemon Vine, etc.

Information Shrubby to clambering with long whip-like branches; areoles with 1-3 straight spines near the base of the plant but towards the top with pairs of short hooked spines in the leaf axils. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblong to ovate, 5-7 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, dark glossy green. Flowers aggregated towards the top of the branches, white, cream, yellow or pinkish, roÂtate, 2,5-4,5 cm in diam., with numerous spreading segments and stamens, strongly scented. Ovary beset with leafy scales, often spiny. Berry yellow, about 2 cm in diam., quite smooth when ripe; seeds black, somewhat flatÂtened. Fig. 50.

Pereskia [family CACTACEAE]

Entry From Flora of North America, Vol 4,

Contributor Flora of North America (FNA)

Resource Type Reference Sources

Information 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.

Pereskia aculeata Miller [family CACTACEAE]

Entry From Flora of North America, Vol 4,

Contributor Flora of North America (FNA)

Resource Type Reference Sources

Information Shrubs or vines, clambering, 3–10 m. Stems to 3 cm diam., spiny; areoles to 15 mm diam., largest on basal portion of stem. Leaves lanceolate to ovate or oblong, 4.5–11 × 1.5–5 cm, 0.5–1 mm thick. Spines of 2 kinds; primary spines (= first formed) 2 per areole, recurved, clawlike, 4–8 mm; secondary spines to 25 per older areole, straight, 10–35 mm. Flowers to 70 in terminal or lateral inflorescences, fragrant, 3 × 2.5–5 cm; pedicels 5–15 mm; tepals perigynous; scales and areoles on prominent to inconspicuous tubercles; perianth whitish to light pink. Fruits yellow to orange, spheric, not angled, 40 × 15–25 mm, never proliferating. Seeds lenticular, 4.5–5 mm diam., glossy. 2n = 22.

[family CACTACEAE]

Entry From FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 506, (1978) Author: M. L. Gonçalves

Contributor Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Resource Type Reference Sources

Range A family native to America except perhaps for the genus Rhipsalis which is sometimes considered to be indigenous in Africa.

Information Succulent perennials with stems of varied shape and bristles arising from complex axillary structures (areoles). Flowers solitary on areoles, sessile (except in Pereskia), bisexual, usually actinomorphic; perianth segments ? (5–13 in species of F.Z. area), imbricate in bud, with gradual transition between sepals and petals, fused below to form a tube (hypanthium). Stamens ?, inserted at base of perianth; anthers 2-thecous, splitting longitudinally. Carpels 3–?, syncarpous; ovary inferior, unilocular with 3–? parietal placentas; ovules ?; style single with 3–? stigmatic lobes. Fruit a berry. Seeds ?.