Pfeiffera

Pfeiffera monacantha

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: Pfeiffera
Species: P. asuntapatensis – P. boliviana – P. ianthothele – P. miyagawae – P. monacantha – P. paraganiensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pfeiffera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page.

Name

• Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 40.. 1845.
  • Type species: Pfeiffera cereiformis Salm-Dyck, nom. illeg.

Synonyms

• Rhipsalis subg. Acanthorhipsalis K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 615. 1898 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2010
• Acanthorhipsalis (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 211. 1923 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2010
  • Type: Rhipsalis monacantha Griseb.
  • Bolivihanburya Guiggi, Iconogr. Cat. Cact. Cult. Hanbury: 28. 2016 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu (1845) Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 40.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Zabel, L. Quandt, D. & Barthlott, W.A. (2010) A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae. Willdenowia 40 (2): 151–172, S1–S4. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201
• Korotkova, N. (2011) Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). Dissertation. Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn [1].
• 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. Pfeiffera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pfeiffera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pfeiffera. Published online. Accessed: Dec 19 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pfeiffera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pfeiffera. 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 19. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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