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Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Britton & Rose

Publication Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(10): 422 (1909).
Basionyme Cereus stellatus Pfeiffer

Synonyme de

Stenocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Riccobono

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Publication:
"THE GENUS CEREUS AND ITS ALLIES IN NORTH AMERICA.
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Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiff.). Plate LXIX
Cereus stellatus Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenz. 4: 258. 1836.
Cereus dyckii Mart., Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. 87. 1837.
Cereus tonellianus Lem. Ill. Hortic. 2: misc. 63. 1855.
Type locality: Central Mexico.
Distribution: Mexico.
Illustration: Berger, Ann. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16: pl. 3. f. 1-4.
Explanation of Plate LXIX.-From a photograph taken by Dr. D. T. MacDougal."

Des mêmes auteurs, The Cactaceae 2: 92-93, fig. 136 (1920):
"11. Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 426. 1909.
Cereus stellatus Pfeiffer, Allg. Gartenz. 4: 258. 1836.
Cereus dyckii Martius in Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 87. 1837.
Cereus tonelianus Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. 2: Misc. 63. 1855.
Stenocereus stellatus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 253. 1909.
Stenocereus stellatus tonelianus* Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 254. 1909.
*Riccobono in error spells it "tenellianus."
Plant 2 to 3 meters high, branching at base, rarely branching above, pale bluish green; ribs 8 to 12, low, obtuse; radial spines 10 to 12; centrals several, often much longer than the others, sometimes 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles 1 to 2 cm. apart; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant, red, small, narrowly campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wool and bristly spines; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter; spines deciduous; seeds dull, pitted.
Type locality: Mexico.
Distribution: Southern Mexico.
The fruit is known in the markets as joconostle and sometimes as tuna.
The above description is drawn from Dr. Rose's specimens, which seem to represent L. stellatus, but the identification has not been confirmed by reference to the type specimen.
Cereus joconostle Weber (Schumann, Gesamtb Kakteen 79. 1897) is known only as a synonym of this species.
Illustrations: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: pl. 20; Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16: pl. 3, f. 1 to 4; U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 262: pl. 12, as Cereus stellatus; Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f. 3, as Cereus dyckii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pl. 69.
Figure 136 is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal at Tomellín, Mexico, in 1906."

Étymologie

Lemaireocereus: en l'honneur du botaniste français Charles Lemaire (1800-1871), cierge de Lemaire.
stellatus: du latin stella, étoile: étoilé, en référence aux épines radiales rayonnantes de couleur claire.