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406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700-1800 spp. There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now. 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: 1808; hybrids: 78
= 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)
406.6105 Genus Strophocactus Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 262 (1913)
Distribution: Tropical America
Species listed in database: 4
= Pseudoacanthocereus Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 1: 47 (1979)
= Strophocereus Fric & Kreuz.; Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen 21 (1935), nom. superfl.
species :
Strophocactus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) S.Arias & N.Korotkova; Phytotaxa 327(1): 33 (2017)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Acanthocereus brasiliensis Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 2: 125 (1920)
= Pseudoacanthocereus boreominarum Rizzini & A.Mattos; Revista Brasil. Biol. 46(2): 327 (1986)
= Pseudoacanthocereus brasiliensis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter; Kakteen Südamerika 1: 47 (1979)
= Pseudoacanthocereus brasiliensis f. boreominarum (Rizzini & A.Mattos) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Schumannia 3: 188 (2001 publ. 2002)
species :
Strophocactus krammii Ostolaza, Pino & M.Fernández; Quepo 34: 9, figs. (2020), nom. nov.
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Strophocactus wittii subsp. ericii Kramm; Kakteen And. Sukk. 66(5): 118, photogrs. 1-16 (2015)
species :
Strophocactus sicariguensis (Croizat & Tamayo) S.Arias & N.Korotkova; Phytotaxa 327(1): 33 (2017), et Willdenowia 51(2): 265 (2021)
Distribution: Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar); Venezuela (Falcon, Lara, Zulia)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Acanthocereus sicariguensis Croizat & Tamayo; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 11: 75 (1947)
= Pseudoacanthocereus sicariguensis (Croizat & Tamayo) N.P.Taylor; Bradleya 10: 30 (1992)
species :
Strophocactus wittii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 262 (1913)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Ecuador; Peru (Amazonas); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cereus wittii Schum.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 153 (1900)
= Selenicereus wittii (K.Schum.) G.D.Rowley; Excelsa 12: 36 (1986)
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