View source for Harrisia simpsonii

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|accepted_name=Harrisia simpsonii
|accepted_authority=Small ex Britton & Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact.
|place=2: 152, fig. 223. 1920
|year=1920
}}
|common_names=Simpson’s prickly apple;Simpson’s applecactus;queen-of-the-night
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cereus gracilis var. simpsonii
|authority=(Small ex Britton & Rose) L. D. Benson
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Harrisia;Harrisia simpsonii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Harrisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Harrisia simpsonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 150, 154
|treatment_page=page 153
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, reclining, or clambering, sometimes epiphytic and vinelike, to 4 m; ribs 9–10. <b>Spines</b> 7–9 per areole, 1–2.5 cm, yellow tipped or completely yellowish when young. <b>Flowers</b>: flower tube 10–15 cm, prominently ridged; scales turgid at base, with axillary tufts of hairs; hairs, white, soft and silky, flexible, 6–10 mm; buds with white hairs. <b>Fruits</b> dull red at maturity, depressed-spheric, 40–60 mm diam.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy soils of dense thickets and hammocks, mangrove swamps
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>D. F. Austin (1984) suggested that the isolated populations and/or clones of <i>Harrisia simpsonii</i> are as different from each other as are the two species, <i>H. aboriginum</i> and <i>H. simpsonii</i>. These observations imply that varietal rank might be more suitable for the two taxa. Further study is warranted.</p><!--
--><p>A number of nocturnal-flowering cereoid species with large, white flowers are known as “queen-of-the-night.”</p>
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name=Harrisia simpsonii
|author=
|authority=Small ex Britton & Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cereus gracilis var. simpsonii
|basionyms=
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy soils of dense thickets and hammocks, mangrove swamps
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact.
|publication year=1920
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_296.xml
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Harrisia
|species=Harrisia simpsonii
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