Common name: Costa Rican pitahaya
Family: Cactaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Costa Rica; Nicaragua
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: Silander from NYC
Provenance:
Silander 5/2/12 fruit from NYC market
Restrictions:
Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Phyllocacteae
- SubTribe: Hylocereinae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 May 2015.
- Hylocereus costaricensis at Wikipedia. Accessed 26 May 2015.
Pitaya at Wikipedia. Accessed 26 May 2015.
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