Backebergia militaris

Backebergia militaris

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: Backebergia
Species: Backebergia militaris

Name

Backebergia militaris (Audot) Bravo ex Sánchez-Mej. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45: 174. 1973 sec. Franco-Estrada & al. 2021 (sub Pachycereus militaris)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus militaris Audot in Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 2, 4: 307. 1845 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
• Homotypic
  • Mitrocereus militaris (Audot) Bravo in Bot. Stud. 12: 54. 1961 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
  • Cephalocereus militaris (Audot) H.E.Moore in Baileya 19(4): 165. 1975 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
  • Pilocereus militaris Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 40. 1845 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
  • Pachycereus militaris (Audot) P.V.Heath in Calyx 2(3): 108. 1992 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
• Heterotypic
  • Mitrocereus chrysomallus (Audot) Bravo ex Buxb. in Bot. Stud. 12: 54. 1961 syn. sec. Tropicos
    

Note: This plant is known by three alternative names - see Discussion Page for more details.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bravo Hollis, H. 1973. Cactus and Succulent Journal 45: 174.

Additional references

• Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias Montes, S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903–916. DOI: 10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0 Reference page. 
• Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 34(1): 68-83. DOI: 10.1600/036364409787602384 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2023. Backebergia militaris in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Backebergia militaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Backebergia militaris. Published online. Accessed: Dec 18 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Backebergia militaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Backebergia militaris. 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 18. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: шлемоносен пахицереус
English: golden-fleece, military-cap, teddy-bear cactus
svenska: Soldatpelarkaktus
中文: 金毛翁

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