View source for Pereskia ← Pereskia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Pereskia |accepted_authority=Miller |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. |place=4, vol. 3. 1754 |year=1754 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Pereskioideae;Pereskia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Pereskioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pereskia]]</div></div> |etymology=For Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, 1580–1637, French scholar |volume=Volume 4 |mention_page=page 92, 95 |treatment_page=page 100 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem course;stem course"><b>Stems </b>straight or zigzag.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="spine count"><b>Spines </b>1–12 per areole.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flower odor;flower odor;growth life cycle"><b>Flowers </b>from areoles of new growth, fragrant or not;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="outer tepal coloration;outer tepal coloration">outer tepals often greenish, colored near margins;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration">inner tepals white, yellow, orange-red, red, pink to purplish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="stamen count;species architecture;species count;species architecture">stamens 50–100 in small-flowered species, to 300 in large-flowered species;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="filament coloration;filament color;species coloration">filaments colorless near base, in some species pigmented distally, color either matching inner tepals or contrasting with them;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="style size or length">styles shorter to longer than stamens;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">stigma lobes 3–20.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stigma lobe count;x chromosome count">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=tropical and subtropical regions in the New World;primarily South America. |discussion=<p>Species 17 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Whether the populations of Pereskia in the flora area are reproducing sexually or maintaining themselves solely by vegetative means remains unclear. The population biology of both species and their long-term persistence in the flora need to be monitored.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=leuenberger1986a |text=Leuenberger, B. E. 1986. Pereskia (Cactaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 1–141. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=leuenberger1992a |text=Leuenberger, B. E. 1992. Leaf-bearing cacti (genus Pereskia) in cultivation. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 64: 247–263. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants clambering shrubs or vines; first spines formed in each areole recurved and clawlike, secondary spines straight; fruits not angled, less than 40 × 15-25 mm, never proliferating; flowers fragrant |[[Pereskia aculeata|Pereskia aculeata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants erect shrubs or trees; all spines straight; fruits angled, 50-100 × 30-70 mm, often proliferating; flowers not fragrant |[[Pereskia grandifolia|Pereskia grandifolia]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Pereskia |author=Michael W. Hawkes |authority=Miller |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cactaceae |distribution=tropical and subtropical regions in the New World;primarily South America. |reference=leuenberger1986a;leuenberger1992a |publication title=Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. |publication year=1754 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V4/V4_190.xml |subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Pereskioideae |genus=Pereskia |filament color=contrasting |filament coloration=colorless |flower odor=not;fragrant |growth life cycle=new |inner tepal coloration=pink;purplish |outer tepal coloration=colored;greenish |species architecture=large-flowered;small-flowered |species coloration=pigmented |species count=0;300 |spine count=1;12 |stamen count=50;100 |stem course=zigzag;straight |stigma lobe count=3;20 |style size or length=shorter to longer |x chromosome count=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cactaceae subfam. 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