Eriosyce aspillagae

Eriosyce aspillagae
Eriosyce aspillagae

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Notocacteae
Genus: Eriosyce
Species: Eriosyce aspillagae

Name edit

Eriosyce aspillagae (Söhrens) Katt., 1994

Note edit

The specific epithet honors the Chilean hacienda owner Don Manuel Aspillaga where the taxon was discovered.

Synonyms edit

  • Echinocactus aspillagae Söhrens in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 125. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Neoporteria aspillagae (Söhrens) Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 259. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Neochilenia aspillagae (Söhrens) Backeb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 50. 1942 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Pyrrhocactus aspillagae (Söhrens) F.Ritter in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1959: 131. 1959 syn. sec. Hunt 1999
  • Neoporteria horrida var. aspillagae (Söhrens) A.E.Hoffm., Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 190. 1989 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Eriosyce aspillagae subsp. maechlerorum Helmut Walter in Kakteen And. Sukk. 53: 261. 2002 syn. sec. Guerrero & al. 2020
    • Eriosyce aspillagae subsp. maechleri A.E.Hoffm. & H.E.Walter, Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 198. 2004 syn. sec. Guerrero 2021

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • N. Central Chile

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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