Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Pereskia Miller [599]

genus_ja: モクキリン

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pub_year: 1754

accepted: Accepted

Family: Cactaceae

family_ja: サボテン

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Pereskioideae

distribution_en: Tropical America

description_en: Genus of 16 species of tree-like, scandent, or shrubby, perennial cacti occurring in wooded, often hilly regions of the USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, tropical South America to N. Argentina, and the West Indies. They have spiny, slightly fleshy branches; some become woody with age. Some have tuberous roots. The fleshy, lance-shaped to rounded or oblong leaves are usually evergreen (deciduous in species with a dormant period). Bowl-shaped flowers, solitary or borne in axillary or terminal corymbs or panicles, open by day from spring to autumn. Where temperatures drop below 10-15°C (50-59°F), grow in a temperate or warm greenhouse. In warm, dry climates, use in a desert garden or courtyard garden.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 19-24°C (66-75°F) in spring. From late spring to summer, take cuttings of stem sections.

pests_en: Susceptible to mealybugs and, while flowering, aphids.

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comment_ja: 広義のPereskia（Leuenbergeria+Pereskia）が単系統かグレードかは未確定 (cf. Walker et al., 2018, Wang et al., 2018) だが、最近の多くの文献は別属・別亜科としている。Plants of the World Online (POWO) では別属、World Flora Online ではLeuenbergeriaはPereskiaのシノニム。2属を認め、それぞれを別亜科とする場合、Leuenbergerioideaeの和名をコノハサボテン亜科、Pereskioideaeをモクキリン亜科とすることを提案する。Pereskiaクレードはさらに2群に分かれ、Pereskia s.s. (モクキリン属、4種) とRhodocactus (オオバキリン属、5種) に分けることもある（POWO)。このデータベースではPOWOに従い、広義のPereskiaを3属に分けた。

type_species: Pereskia aculeata

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2023-09-14 10:07 by hkokubun@mac.com

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