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Red-fleshed Dragonfruit

Selenicereus costaricensis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 2, February 1, March 2, April 4, May 3, June 2, July 6, August 7, September 0, October 1, November 2, December 2.
Costa Rica32
Provincia Guanacaste11
Ecuador8
Galápagos8
Provincia Heredia6
Provincia Puntarenas5
Provincia Alajuela4
Provincia San José4
Provincia Cartago2
Brazil1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Cactus growth formDescends from the cactus family.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familycacti · Cactaceae
Genusmoonlight cactuses · Selenicereus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Red-fleshed Dragonfruit with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.