Pereskia pereskia

Pereskia pereskia ('Peireskia Peireskia') (L.) H.Karst., nom. inval. (1882)

🌵 Author(s)	Hermann Karsten
🌵 Published in	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 107 (1898)
🌵 Basionym	Cactus pereskia (1753)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Carl Linnaeus
🌵 Basionym published in	Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 469 (1753)

Etymology

See Pereskia. An invalid tautonym based on Cactus pereskia L. The correct name is Pereskia aculeata.

Karsten spelled the name Peireskia Peireskia, noting: “The spelling Peireskia is correct, Pereskia is corrupted.” Occasionally spelled Pereskia peireskia.