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Epiphyllum

genus of plants
Taxon Taxon Q310964

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[6]
Homonymous taxon
Epiphyllum[10]
Parent taxon
Hylocereeae, Hylocereinae[2][3]
Taxon common name
climbing cactus, 昙花属, 昙花属, bladstengelcactus[7][8][9]
Taxon name
Epiphyllum[4]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
Taxonomic type
Cactus phyllanthus[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Epiphyllum ar فوق ورقي cs epifylum de Arthrophyllum de Marniera de Phyllocactus es Phyllocactus es Phyllocereus fa اپیفیلوم fi lehtikaktukset fr Epyphyllum fr Phyllocactus hu Epiphyllum hu levélkaktusz ja エピフィラム ja エピフィルム ja エピフィルム属 ja クジャクサボテン ja クジャクサボテン属 ja 孔雀サボテン
🔖 Identifiers · 33
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Epiphyllum crenatum kimnachii1MW.jpg ↗
APNI ID
106923
BioLib taxon ID
61911
Catalogue of Life ID
633YB
De Agostini ID
Epiphyllum
EPPO Code
1EPYG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
21653270
Flora of Australia ID (new)
Epiphyllum
Flora of China ID
111859
Flora of North America taxon ID
111859
Fossilworks taxon ID
6420
Freebase ID
/m/0674gf
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GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
3084180
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4937020
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
epifillium-d5673b
INaturalist taxon ID
85411
IPNI plant ID
30002688-2
IRMNG ID
1073574
ITIS TSN
181909
KBpedia ID
Epiphyllum
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778256453
NCBI taxonomy ID
983927
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3898247
Open Tree of Life ID
125472
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30002688-2
Topic's main category
Category:Epiphyllum
Tropicos ID
40004308
UMLS CUI
C3128073
USDA PLANTS ID
EPIPH
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11867234-n
World Flora Online ID
wfo-4000013627
Yale LUX ID
concept/cfdad700-6bcf-44b0-8e21-af15f0f3cd5a

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 11
Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Epiphyllum pumilum, Epiphyllum hookeri, Epiphyllum phyllanthus, Epiphyllum cartagense, Epiphyllum chrysocardium, Epiphyllum grandilobum, Epiphyllum baueri +3 more
← Found in taxon 3
stigmasterol, beta-sitosterol, stigmastanol
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Hylocereeae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Epiphyllum
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Epiphyllum
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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1). wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Epiphyllum
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Hylocereeae, Hylocereinae
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 4937020
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