Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pereskia bleo
rose cactus, wax rose, cactus bleo
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Pereskia
Species
bleo
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cactus bleo Kunth
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Leuenberger, B.E. (1986) Pereskia (Cactaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 41: 1–141.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pereskia bleo", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1930. Accessed 2 August 2025.