Eulychnia

Eulychnia castanea

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: Eulychnia
Species: E. acida – E. breviflora – E. castanea – E. chorosensis – E. iquiquensis – E. ritteri – E. saint-pieana – E. taltalensis – E. vallenarensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Eulychnia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.

Name

Eulychnia Phil. (1860)

• Type species: E. breviflora Phil.

Synonyms

• Philippicereus Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 75. 1942 syn. sec. Larridon & al. 2018
  • Type: Philippicereus castaneus (Phil.) Backeb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Peru to N. Chile. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Philippi, R.A. 1860. Florula Atacamensis; seu, Enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense observavit R. Philippi. Halis Saxonum, Sumptibus E. Anton. HathiTrust. BHL Reference page. : 23, t. 11 A.

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. Eulychnia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eulychnia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Eulychnia. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Eulychnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Eulychnia. 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 15. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eulychnia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

فارسی: کاکتوسهای چراغ برق
lietuvių: Eulichnija
svenska: Ulltofskaktussläktet

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