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

• Type: "Habitat in Brasilia, Surinamo, Americe meridionali."

Haworth, A.H. (1812), Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum: 197 [basionym]

basionym of: Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw. legitimate

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