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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Epiphytes with flat blade-like stems which are often scalloped, lobed, or pinnately divided; areoles on margins spineless or bristly. Flowers large, nocturnal; pedicels and flower tube scaly; tube narrow, flaring abruptly into a broad limb. Fruit ovoid with small scales or areoles, sometimes ending in low ridges. Seeds black, kidney-shaped. Worldwide: 10-17 species native to West Indies and Central America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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