Myrtillocactus

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

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

Name

Myrtillocactus Console, 1897

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

Synonyms

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

Note:

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

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Console, M., 1897. Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo 1: 10.

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Myrtillocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Myrtillocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Myrtillocactus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 16 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Myrtillocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Myrtillocactus. 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 Dec 16. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Myrtillocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2010-Oct-05.
• Myrtillocactus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

suomi: Härmekaktukset
svenska: Blåbärskaktussläktet

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