Myrtillocactus geometrizans

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: Echinocereeae
Genus: Myrtillocactus
Species: M. cochal – M. eichlamii – M. geometrizans – M. schenckii

Name edit

Myrtillocactus Console, 1897

  • Type: Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Myrtillocereus Frič & Kreuzgr., Verz. Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen 11. 1935, nom. inval.

Note: edit

  • Myrtillocactus hertrichii Houghton, J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1: 136. (1930) is unresolved.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Guatemala,
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Spain

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

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Vernacular names edit

suomi: Härmekaktukset
svenska: Blåbärskaktussläktet
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