Hylocereus undatus
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Family Cactaceae
Taxonomy: Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cereus undatus Haw. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cereus triangularis Mill. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 12 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 90 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (1); shrub (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 5 | 8 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |