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| Selenicereus spinulosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Selenicereus |
| Species: | S. spinulosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Selenicereus spinulosus | |
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Cereus spinulosus DC.[1] | |
Selenicereus spinulosus is a cactus species native to eastern Mexico[1] and, possibly, the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States.[2] Common names include vine-like moonlight cactus[3] and spiny moon cereus. Its specific name, spinulosus, means "with small spines" in Latin.
- ^ a b "Selenicereus spinulosus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
- ^ Richardson, Alfred; Ken King (2010). Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species. Texas A&M University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-60344-144-5.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Selenicereus spinulosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.