Oroya borchersii
Oroya borchersii

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: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Oroya
Species: Oroya borchersii

Name edit

Oroya borchersii (Boed.) Backeb. in 1958. Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 487.

Synonyms edit

  • Echinocactus borchersii Boed. in Kakteenkunde 1933: 112. 1933 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Oroya borchersii var. fuscata Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 489. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
  • Oroya borchersii f. fuscata (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz, Kakteen 23: C Vb. 1963 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • N-Peru (Cordillera Blanca, Cordillera Negra)

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

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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