Descourtilz, M.E., Flore [pittoresque et] médicale des Antilles (1821-1829)
Fl. Méd. Antilles

---

vol. 4 (1827)

---

t. 294

---

---

name cited:
Cactus pereskia L.
name recognized:
Pereskia aculeata Miller

---

drawing: J.T. Descourtilz

---

family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cacteae

---

epithet cited: pereskius,-a,-um

---

epithet recognized: aculeatus,-a,-um

---

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

---

link to this page:
https://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=91257

---

contact about this record

---

synonyms:

heterotypic synonyms:
Cactus lucidus Salisb.; Cactus pereskia L.; Pereskia foetens Speg. in Weingart; Pereskia fragrans Lemaire; Pereskia godseffiana hort.; Pereskia longispina Haw.; Pereskia pereskia (L.) Karsten; Pereskia rubescens Houghton; Pereskia undulata Lemaire;