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407.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 140-170 genera (circumscription still very much in flux), ca. 1700-1800 spp. Latest phylogeny: de Vos et al. (2025). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1840; hybrids: 80
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
407.6413 Genus Austrocactus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 44 (1922)
Distribution: C- and S-Chile, W- and S-Argentina. Revision: Böhnert et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 17
species :
Austrocactus aonikenkensis E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; CactusWorld 36(2): 133 (2018)
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut, Santa Cruz)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
species :
Austrocactus bertinii (J.F.Cels) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 44 (1922)
Distribution: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocactus dusenii (F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Austrocactus patagonicus (F.A.C.Weber) Hosseus; Revist. Cent. Estud. Farm. Córdoba 2(6): repr. p. 24 (1926)
= Cereus bertinii J.F.Cels; Hort. Franç. 5: 251 (1863)
= Cereus dusenii F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.; Nov. Add. Fl. Patag. 1: (1901), repr. 56, et Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par.,383 (1904)
= Cereus patagonicus F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.; Revista Fac. Agron. Univ. Nac. La Plata 604 (1897)
= Echinocactus bertinii (J.F.Cels) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 216 (1929)
= Echinocereus bertinii (J.F.Cels) Walton; Cact. J. (London) 1: 12 (1898)
= Malacocarpus bertinii (J.F.Cels) Hosseus; Arch. Esc. Farm. Fac. Sci. Med. Córdoba 9 (Not. Cact. Argentina 1): 133 (1939)
= Malacocarpus dusenii (F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.) Hosseus; Arch. Esc. Farm. Fac. Sci. Med. Córdoba 9 (Not. Cact. Argentina 1): 122 (1939)
= Malacocarpus patagonicus (F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 197 (1922)
= Notocactus bertinii (J.F.Cels) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 159 (1941)
= Notocactus patagonicus (F.A.C.Weber ex Speg.) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 158 (1941)
species :
Austrocactus coxii (K.Schum.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 3: 1562 (1959)
subspecies :
subsp. coxii
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Coxiani
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocactus gracilis Backeb.; Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1942: 58 (1942)
= Austrocactus intertextus (Phil.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus coxii K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 422 (1898)
= Echinocactus intertextus Phil.; Linnaea 33: 81 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Malacocarpus coxii (K.Schum.) Hosseus; Arch. Esc. Farm. Fac. Sci. Med. Córdoba 9 (Not. Cact. Argentina 1): 131 (1939)
= Malacocarpus intertextus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 197 (1922), nom. superfl.
subspecies :
subsp. colloncurensis (I.Schaub & Keim) Böhnert; Taxon 74(2): 409 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén, Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocactus colloncurensis I.Schaub & Keim; Kakteen And. Sukk. 65: 212 (2014)
species :
Austrocactus decorus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Taxon 74(2): 401 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
species :
Austrocactus diamantinus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Taxon 74(2): 397 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
species :
Austrocactus elegans Böhnert; Taxon 74(2): 402 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
species :
Austrocactus ferrarii R.Kiesling, E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Kakteen And. Sukk. 63(12): 330 (2012)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
species :
Austrocactus hibernus F.Ritter; Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 34 (1963)
subspecies :
subsp. hibernus
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza, Neuquén); Chile (Maule)
85 ARG CLE
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
subspecies :
subsp. robustior E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 92(3): 226 (2020)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén)
85 ARG
species :
Austrocactus implexus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Taxon 74(2): 399 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
species :
Austrocactus longicarpus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Kakteen And. Sukk. 65(10): 258 (2014)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquén)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocactus coxii subsp. longicarpus (E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 8): 1 (2020)
species :
Austrocactus nobilis E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; CactusWorld 38(3): 166 (2020)
Distribution: Argentina (Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Coxiani
Synonyms: hidden
= Austrocactus bertinii subsp. nobilis (E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 10): 1 (2020)
species :
Austrocactus occidentalis Merkl.; Taxon 74(2): 411 (2025)
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Coxiani
species :
Austrocactus pauxillus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Kakteen And. Sukk. 67(6): 154 (2016)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
species :
Austrocactus philippii (Regel & E.Schmidt) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 11 (1963)
Name: Hiberno (Chile)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza); Chile (Maule)
85 ARG CLE
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus philippii Regel & E.Schmidt; Gartenflora 31: 98 (1882)
= Echinocactus philippii (Regel & E.Schmidt) K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 427 (1898)
= Echinopsis philippii (Regel & E.Schmidt) G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard., Cent. Suppl. 338 (1901)
= Erdisia philippii (Regel & E.Schmidt) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 105 (1920)
species :
Austrocactus praecox E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Kakteen And. Sukk. 71: 228 (2020)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Austrocactus
species :
Austrocactus spiniflorus (Phil.) F.Ritter; Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 35 (1963)
Name: Espinifloro (Chile)
Distribution: Chile (O´Higgins, Metropolitana de Santiago)
85 CLE
Remarks: subgen. Spiniflori
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus hypogaeus F.A.C.Weber ex Regel; Gartenflora 31: 165 (1882)
= Corryocactus spiniflorus (Phil.) Hutchison; Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 9 (1963)
= Echinocereus clavatus K.Schum.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 123 (1895)
= Echinocereus hypogaeus (F.A.C.Weber ex Regel) F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 185 (1894), isonym
= Echinocereus hypogaeus (F.A.C.Weber ex Regel) Rümpler; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster], ed. 2, 2: 784 (1886)
= Erdisia spiniflora (Phil.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 106 (1920)
= Eulychnia clavata Phil. ex K.Schum.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 6a: 185 (1894)
= Opuntia bicolor Phil.; Linnaea 33: 83 (1864)
= Opuntia clavata Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 41: 722 (1872), nom. illeg.
= Opuntia spiniflora Phil.; Linnaea 30: 211 (1859)
species :
Austrocactus subandinus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes; Kakteen And. Sukk. 66(7): 174 (2015)
Distribution: Argentina (Mendoza)
85 ARG
Remarks: subgen. Austrocactus, sect. Hiberni
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