Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 469 [tax. nov.]

Karsten, G.K.W.H. (1882), Deutsche Flora. Pharmaceutisch medicinische Botanik: 888 [basionym]

basionym of: Pereskia pereskia (L.) Karsten legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Cactaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 141 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pereskia aculeata Mill. legitimate

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