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The genus Hylocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hylocereus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Hylocereus bronxensis Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus calcaratus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus compressus Y. Itô	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus costaricensis (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus cubensis Britton & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus escuintlensis Kimnach	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus intermedius Hutchison	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Ralf Bauer	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus microcladus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus minutiflorus Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus ocamponis (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus peruvianus Backeb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus purpusii (Weing.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus schomburgkii (C.F. Först.) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus stenopterus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Saff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 66 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hylocereus. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 7 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Hylocereus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 66 species names for the genus Hylocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	22.7%
◕	Synonym	41	62.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	15.2%

All names

The status of the 73 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hylocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	20.5%
◕	Synonym	48	65.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	13.7%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 66 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hylocereus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	10	41	0	0	51	77.3%
	Low confidence	5	0	0	10	15	22.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Hylocereus is as follows: