An article from Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, Volume 84(4), December 2013, describes a new species of Peniocereus, P. canoensis.
http://www.ib.unam.mx/revista/articulo/714
http://www.ib.unam.mx/m/revista/pdfs/03.-_1259.pdf
The journal article (pdf) also includes photographs of the new species. Great flower!
A new species of Peniocereus from Honduras
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Re: A new species of Peniocereus from Honduras
Very cool! Really does seem convergent with P. viperinus with regards to flowers and pollination syndromes; the rest of the characters are quite different.
Thanks for posting this!
I certainly hope it can be saved in the wild.
Thanks for posting this!
I certainly hope it can be saved in the wild.