Pereskia Species

 

Species of pereskia vary from about sixteen to twenty four depending which authority you read, or recognise.    I recognise seventeen species, and accept there are numerous varieties.  Below are photo examples of most, with their country of origin. I consider the aculeatas to be one and the same.

 

 

Pereskia  Aculeata    The Caribbean, Brazil, Paraguay, USA (Florida)

Pereskia  Aculeata var Godseffiana    The Caribbean, Brazil, Paraguay, Florida

Pereskia  Bahiensis    Brazil

Pereskia Bleo    Colombia, Panama.

Pereskia Diaz-romeroana    Bolivia

Pereskia Grandifolia  var. Grandifolia    Brazil

Pereskia  Grandifolia  var Violacea     Brazil

Pereskia  Guamacho     Colombia ,Venezuela.

Pereskia Humboldti var Humboldti     Peru

Pereskia Lychnidiflora     ( Pereskia Pittache)   Guatemala, Mexico

Pereskia Marcanoi     Dominican Republic, Cuba?

Pereskia Nemorosa  Rojas Acosta      Paraquay, Argentina

Pereskia Portulacifolia     Dominican Rep., Haiti, Jamaica

Pereskia Sacharosa  Paraguay, Argentina  

Pereskia Weberiana   Bolivia

Pereskia Quisqueyana    Dominican Republic   

Pereskia Stenantha      Brazil

Pereskia Zinniflora      Mexico