Quiabentia

Quiabentia Britton & Rose (1923)

🌵 Author(s)

Joseph Nelson Rose
Nathaniel Lord Britton

Etymology

Portuguese quiabento, vernacular name for Quiabentia zehntneri in Brazil (as well as for Pereskia bahiensis, Pereskia grandifolia and Pereskia stenantha). From Portuguese quiabo ‘okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)’, for the taste of the cooked leaves.

#Genus accepted in POWO

Accepted name

Quiabentia

World Flora Online (2021)

Quiabentia

U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (2021)

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Plants of the World Online (2020)

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Joël Lodé (2015): Taxonomy of the Cactaceae

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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage

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David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon

Quiabentia

R.K. Brummitt (1992): Vascular Plant Families and Genera

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Curt Backeberg (1958-1962): Die Cactaceae

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Curt Backeberg & F.M. Knuth (1936): Kaktus-ABC

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N.L. Britton & J.N. Rose (1919-1923): The Cactaceae

Placement in Cactaceae

Opuntioideae → Cylindropuntieae

Reto Nyffeler & Urs Eggli (2010): A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109-149

Opuntioideae → Phyllopuntieae

Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only)

Other resources

🌵 International Plant Names Index

🌵 Plants of the World Online

🌵 World Checklist of Vascular Plants

🌵 Caryophyllales.org

🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library

🌵 Wikispecies

How to cite

van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Quiabentia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/quiabentia