Selenicereus triangularis(L.) D.R.Hunt

WFO wfo-0001434107 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Michael Bakker Paiva
fig. a Michael Bakker Paiva, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-05 / obs. 173158606
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Daniel Cahen
fig. b Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61213599
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. c Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 58038493
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by botanygirl
fig. d botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13620561
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. e Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194918400
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. f Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194916329
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Dan Schofield
fig. g Dan Schofield, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182551627
Selenicereus triangularis, photographed by Brooke Smith
fig. h Brooke Smith, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177704574

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Selenicereus triangularis is native: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico CubaDominican RepublicHaitiPuerto Rico Leeward Is.
Native distribution of Selenicereus triangularis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cuba CUB SOUTHERN AMERICA
Dominican Republic DOM
Haiti HAI
Leeward Is. LEE
Puerto Rico PUE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cactus anizogonus Hort.Angl. ex Rümpler
  • Cactus napoleonis Loudon
  • Cactus triangularis L.
  • Cactus triangularis Vell.
  • Cactus triangularis Vell.
  • Cactus triangularis var. variegatus Bertol.
  • Cereus anizogonus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus compressus Mill.
  • Cereus triangularis (L.) Haw.
  • Cereus triangularis Mill.
  • Cereus triangularis var. major DC.
  • Cereus triangularis var. pictus DC.
  • Cereus venditus Paulsen
  • Hylocereus compressus (Mill.) Y.Itô
  • Hylocereus cubensis Britton & Rose
  • Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britton & Rose

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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