Strophocactus

Strophocactus wittii

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: Strophocactus
Species: S. brasiliensis – S. krammii – S. sicariguensis – S. wittii

Name

Strophocactus Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 262, pl. 84 (1913).

• Type species: Strophocactus wittii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cereus [infragen.unranked] Foliosi K.Schum., Gesamtb. Kakt. Nachträge 1898 bis 1902: 50 (1903), nom. inval.
  • Cereus subsect. Phyllocereus A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 78 (1905).
  • Selenicereus sect. Strophocactus (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt, Bradleya 7: 93 (1989).
  • Strophocereus Frič & Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen 21 (1935), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Pseudoacanthocereus F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 47. 1979 syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2017
    • Type: Pseudoacanthocereus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Colombia to Venezuela and Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: 262.

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. Strophocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Strophocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Strophocactus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 20 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Strophocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Strophocactus. 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 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

svenska: Sköldpaddskaktussläktet

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