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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)
407.6447 Genus Myrtillocactus Console; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 8 (1897) (s. str.)
Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala
Species listed in database: 4
= Myrtillocereus Frič & Kreuz.; Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen 11 (1935), nom. superfl.
species :
Myrtillocactus cochal (Orcutt) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909)
Name: Cochal
Distribution: Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus cochal Orcutt; W. Amer. Sci. 6: 29 (1889), et ex K. Schum. in Monats. für Kakteenk. 5: 74 (1895)
= Cereus geometrizans var. cochal (Orcutt) K.Brandegee; Zoë 5: 4 (1900)
species :
Myrtillocactus eichlamii Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 180 (1920)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 10 (1897)
Name: Garambullo, Bilberry Cactus, Blue Flame, Our Father, Padre Nuestro, Whortleberry Cactus
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus aquicaulensis Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 90 (1837)
= Cereus garambello Haage ex C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 433 (1846)
= Cereus geometrizans Mart. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 90 (1837)
= Cereus geometrizans var. pugionifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 48 (1850)
= Cereus geometrizans var. quadrangularispinus Lem. ex Labour.; Monogr. Cact. 367 (1853)
= Cereus gladiator Otto & A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 6: 34 (1838)
= Cereus gladiator var. geometrizans Monv.; Cat. Pl. [Monville] 1846: p. ? (1846)
= Cereus pugionifer Lem.; Cact. Aliq. Nov. 30 (1838)
= Cereus pugionifer var. quadrangulispinus Lem. ex C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 395 (1846)
= Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. cristatus P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 105 (1992)
= Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. hintonii W.A.Fitz Maur.; Cact. Suc. Mex. 34(4): 89 (1989)
= Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. grandiareolatus (Bravo) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 4: 3267 (1960)
= Myrtillocactus geometrizans var. pugionifera (Lem.) Console; Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 10 (1897)
= Myrtillocactus grandiareolatus Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 3: 16 (1932)
= Myrtillocactus hertrichii Houghton; J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 1: 136 (1930)
= Myrtillocactus pugionifer (Lem.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 160, 343 (1929)
species :
Myrtillocactus schenckii (J.A.Purpus) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909)
Name: Garambullo, Vichishovo
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus schenckii J.A.Purpus; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 38 (1909)
= Myrtillocactus schenckii f. cristatus P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 105 (1992)
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