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)
407.6832
Genus
Browningia Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 63 (1920)
Distribution: Peru, N-Chile, Bolivia
Species listed in database: 10
= Azureocereus Akers & Johnson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 21: 133 (1949)
= Gymnanthocereus Backeb.; Blätt. Kakteenf. No. 8, Nachtr. 15, p. 2, et Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938, No. 1, p. 3 (1937)
= Gymnocereus Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 2: 920 (1959)
species :
Browningia altissima
(F.Ritter) Buxb.; Kakteen [H.Krainz], Lfg. 31 & 32, Gen. C iv/I. (Nov. 1965)
Distribution: Peru (Maranon)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Browningia utcubambensis Hutchison ex Wittner; Kakteen And. Sukk. 63(10): 269 (2012)
= Gymnanthocereus altissimus F.Ritter; Cactus (Paris) 14: No. 62, 119 (1959)
= Gymnanthocereus altissimus subsp. utcubambensis (Hutchison ex Wittner) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 8): 15 (2020)
= Gymnocereus altissimus (F.Ritter) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 6: 3667 (1962)
species :
Browningia amstutziae
(Rauh & Backeb.) Hutchison ex Krainz; Kakteen [H.Krainz], Lfg. 31 & 32, Gen. C iv/I. (Nov. 1965)
Distribution: Peru (Rio Paucartambo)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnanthocereus amstutziae (Rauh & Backeb.) Guiggi; Cactology 5: 14 (2014)
= Gymnocereus amstutziae Rauh & Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 14 (1957), et ex Rauh, Kakteen And. Sukk. 11: 162 (1960), descr. ampl.
species :
Browningia candelaris
(Meyen) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 63 (1920)
subspecies :
subsp. candelaris
Name: Candelabro, cardón, sabaya [Chile]
Distribution: S-Peru; Chile (Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá)
83 PER 85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus candelaris Meyen; Reise Erde 1: 447 (1834)
subspecies :
subsp. icaensis
(F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 12 (2002)
Distribution: S-Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Browningia icaensis F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1320 (1981)
species :
Browningia chlorocarpa
(Kunth) W.T.Marshall; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 17: 114 (1945)
Distribution: Peru (Huancabamba)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Cactus chlorocarpus Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 6: 67 (1823)
= Cereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 466 (1828)
= Gymnanthocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb.; Blätt. Kakteenf. No. 8, Nachtr. 15, p. 2, et Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938, No. 1, p. 1 (1937)
= Lemaireocereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Borg; Cacti [Borg], ed. 2: 167 (1951)
= Seticereus chlorocarpus (Kunth) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 2: 988 (1959)
species :
Browningia columnaris
F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1323 (1981)
Distribution: Peru (Rio Pampas, Ayacucho)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Azureocereus columnaris (F.Ritter) Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. (Almeria) 103: 18, photogr. (2014)
= Azureocereus hertlingianus subsp. columnaris (F.Ritter) Guiggi; Cactology 5: 6 (2014)
species :
Browningia hernandezii
Fern.Alonso; Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 30(114): 20 (2006)
Distribution: Colombia (Boyacá)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnanthocereus hernandezii (Fern.Alonso) Guiggi; Cactology 5: 14 (2014)
species :
Browningia hertlingiana
(Backeb.) Buxb.; Kakteen [H.Krainz], Lfg. 31 & 32, Gen. C iv/I. (Nov. 1965)
Distribution: S-Peru (Mantaro Valley)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Azureocereus ciliisquamus F.Ritter
= Azureocereus hertlingianus (Backeb.) Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 52: 104 (1956)
= Azureocereus hertlingianus f. viridis (Rauh & Backeb.) Guiggi; Cactology 5: 6 (2014)
= Azureocereus nobilis Akers; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 21: 134 (1949)
= Azureocereus viridis Rauh & Backeb.; Descr. Cact. Nov. [Backeberg] 14 (1957)
= Browningia viridis (Rauh & Backeb.) Buxb.; Kakteen [H.Krainz], Lfg. 31 & 32, Gen. C iv/I. (Nov. 1965)
= Clistanthocereus hertlingianus Backeb.; Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. Teil 1 (Mai) Blatt 24 (1937)
species :
Browningia macracantha
(F.Ritter) Wittner; Bradleya 38: 57 (2020)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnanthocereus macracanthus F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1317 (1981)
species :
Browningia microsperma
(Werderm. & Backeb.) W.T.Marshall; Cactus (Paris) 3: 8 (1946), et Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 19: 75 (1947)
Distribution: Ecuador; N-Peru
83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Browningia albiceps F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1322 (1981)
= Cereus microspermus Werderm. & Backeb.; Neue Kakteen 80 (1931), et Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 63 (1932)
= Gymnanthocereus microspermus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.; Blätt. Kakteenf. No. 1, p. 4 (1938)
= Gymnocereus microspermus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 2: 923 (1959)
= Trichocereus microspermus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Borg; Cacti [Borg] 141 (1937)
species :
Browningia pilleifera
(F.Ritter) Hutchison; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 40: 23 (1968)
Distribution: Peru (Maranon)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Gymnanthocereus pilleifer F.Ritter; Succulenta (Netherlands) 46: 24 (1967)
