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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Selenicereus spinulosus
|accepted_authority=(de Candolle) Britton & Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=12: 431. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Vinelike moonlight cactus
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cereus spinulosus
|authority=de Candolle
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Selenicereus;Selenicereus spinulosus
|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>[[Selenicereus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Selenicereus spinulosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 177
|treatment_page=page 178
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant growth form;plant orientation"><b>Plants </b>vinelike, clambering.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root location"><b>Roots </b>mostly aerial, but also in soil.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem coloration;stem length;stem width"><b>Stems </b>light green, 200–400 × 1–2 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="rib count;rib shape">ribs 4–6, acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="areole some measurement;areole arrangement">areoles 1.5–2.5 cm apart along ribs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spine count;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine shape;spine some measurement"><b>Spines </b>7–8, yellow to blackish, conic, to 1 mm (rarely longer);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spine arrangement;spine count;spine arrangement or shape;spine shape;spine count">radial spines 6–7, circular in cross-section, hairlike spines absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="central spine count">central spines 1.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower length;flower width"><b>Flowers </b>12–14 × 7–8.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="outer tepal size or width;outer tepal shape">outer tepals narrow, oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape">inner tepals white to pink, narrowly oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="areole architecture or shape">areoles of ovary and flower tube spiny;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="scale count;hair length or size;hair count">scales and long hairs absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>not observed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="2n chromosome count">2n = 22.</span><!--

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|habitat=Woodlands, [subtropical forests]
|elevation=0-20 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|tables=
|references=
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name=Selenicereus spinulosus
|author=
|authority=(de Candolle) Britton & Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cereus spinulosus
|family=Cactaceae
|habitat=Woodlands, [subtropical forests]
|elevation=0-20 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1909
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Selenicereus
|species=Selenicereus spinulosus
|2n chromosome count=22
|areole architecture or shape=spiny
|areole arrangement=apart
|areole some measurement=1.5cm;2.5cm
|central spine count=1
|flower length=12cm;14cm
|flower width=7cm;8.5cm
|hair count=absent
|hair length or size=long
|inner tepal coloration=white;pink
|inner tepal shape=oblong
|outer tepal shape=oblong
|outer tepal size or width=narrow
|plant growth form=vinelike
|plant orientation=clambering
|rib count=4;6
|rib shape=acute
|root location=aerial
|scale count=absent
|spine arrangement=radial
|spine arrangement or shape=circular
|spine coloration=yellow;blackish
|spine count=absent;6;7
|spine shape=hairlike;conic
|spine some measurement=0mm;1mm
|stem coloration=light green
|stem length=200cm;400cm
|stem width=1cm;2cm
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