Borzicactus sepium

Borzicactus sepium

Borzicactus sepium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Borzicactus
Species: Borzicactus sepium
Subspecies: B. s. subsp. morleyanus – B. s. subsp. sepium – B. s. subsp. ventimigliae – B. s. subsp. websterianus

Name

Borzicactus sepium (Kunth) Britton & Rose, Cact. 2: 160. (1920)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cactus sepium Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 67. (1823) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
• Homotypic
  • Cereus sepium (Kunth) DC., Prodr. 3: 467. (1828) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cleistocactus sepium (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber, Rol.-Goss. in Bull. Soc. Centr. Agric. Hort. Acclim. Nice 44: 36. (1904) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
• Heterotypic
  • Cleistocactus sepium var. sepium autonym
    • Cereus roeze ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 64. (1897) syn. sec. Jørgensen & al. 2014
  • Cleistocactus roezlii (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 190. (1936) ["1935"] syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Borzicactus roezlii (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1937(12): 6. (1937) syn. sec. Hunt 2016
• Borzicactus sepium var. roezlii (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 147. (1937) syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Seticereus roezlii (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Backeb. in Sukkulentenkunde 3: 5. (1949) syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Cleistocactus chotaensis F.A.C.Weber ex Rol.-Goss., Cleistocactus: 19. (1904) syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Cereus chotaensis (F.A.C.Weber) Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 25. (1913) syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Borzicactus ventimigliae Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 262. (1909) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cereus ventimigliae (Riccob.) Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 13. (1913) syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cleistocactus sepium var. ventimigliae (Riccob.) Madsen, Fl. Ecuador 35(45): 22. (1989) syn. sec. ???
  • Cereus jajoianus Backeb. in Kakteen-Freund 2(1): 4. (1933) syn. sec. Kew POWO (2019)
  • Borzicactus websterianus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1937(11): 2. (1937) syn. sec. Hunt 2016
  • Borzicactus websterianus var. rufispinus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1937(11): 2. (1937) syn. sec. POWO (2019)
  • Borzicactus aequatorialis Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 17. (1957) ["1956"] syn. sec. Kew POWO (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 2: 160

Additional references

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 
• Lodé, J. 2019. New combinations in Cactaceae. Cactus-Adventures International 31(1): 20-27. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Borzicactus sepium in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Borzicactus sepium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Borzicactus sepium. Published online. Accessed: Apr 19 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Borzicactus sepium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Apr 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Borzicactus sepium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Borzicactus sepium. Accessed: 19 Apr 2021.

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