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The genus Hylocereus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Hylocereus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Hylocereus calcaratus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus costaricensis (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hylocereus extensus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hylocereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Ralf Bauer	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus microcladus Backeb.	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus minutiflorus Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus monacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus ocamponis (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus purpusii (Weing.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus schomburgkii (FORSTER) Backeb.	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus setaceus (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Ralf Bauer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hylocereus stenopterus (F.A.C. Weber) Britton & Rose	Accepted		TRO
Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Saff.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Hylocereus. Of these 15 are accepted species names.

Species names

The status of the 35 species names for the genus Hylocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	42.9%
◕	Synonym	14	40.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	17.1%

All names

The status of the 35 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Hylocereus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	15	42.9%
◕	Synonym	14	40.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	17.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 35 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Hylocereus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	10	13	0	0	23	65.7%
	Low confidence	5	1	0	6	12	34.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Hylocereus, are as follows: