Queen of the night is a climbing cactus native to the Caribbean and parts of Central America, celebrated for producing enormous, fragrant white flowers that open for only a single night each year before wilting by morning. Each bloom can reach nearly a foot across and releases a heavy, sweet perfume intended to draw in the night-flying moths that pollinate it. Because the flowering event is so brief and unpredictable, spotting one in bloom is considered a rare occasion among gardeners who grow the plant.
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Relationship to PeopleEaten or Drunk by People 3 Living or Extinct Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Scientific NameSelenicereus grandiflorus 7 Conservation Status Connections
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Source Wikidata: Queen of the Night
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1. Selenicereus grandiflorus (Wikipedia)
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Selenicereus grandiflorus is a cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Plants For A Future: Selenicereus grandiflorus - Useful Tropical Plants
Plants For A FutureGeneral Information: food
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
General Information: medicine
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
View the Source 4. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ137139, descriptionView the Source 5. NatureServe Explorer: Selenicereus grandiflorus
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"roundedGRank": "G5"
6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Selenicereus grandiflorus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 17503Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 17503
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2023-10-12T15:45:53.060Z","active":true,"cites_listing":"II"
7. Wikidata: Queen of the Night
Wikidata- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q137139
- Child Taxon Of: Cactaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Plant (Wikipedia)
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They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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