Austrocactus

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Austrocactus
Subgenera: A. subg. Austrocactus – A. subg. Spiniflori
Sectiones: A. sect. Austrocactus – A. sect. Hiberni – A. sect. Coxiani
Species sensu Böhnert et al. (2025): A. aonikenkensis –
A. bertinii –
A. coxii –
A. diamantinus –
A. elegans –
A. ferrarii –
A. hibernus –
A. implexus –
A. longicarpus –
A. nobilis –
A. occidentalis –
A. pauxillus –
A. philippii –
A. praecox –
A. spiniflorus –
A. subandinus
Name
[edit]Austrocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 44 (1922) emend. Böhnert et al. (2025)
- Type species: Austrocactus bertinii Britton & Rose (1922)
Distribution
[edit]| Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 44.
Additional references
[edit]- Böhnert, T., Merklinger, F.F., Sarnes, E., Sarnes, N., Kiesling, R., Weigend, M. & Luebert, F. 2025. Systematic and taxonomic revision of the genus Austrocactus (Cactaceae) based on morphology and genome wide SNP‐data. Taxon 74(2): 386-416. DOI: 10.1002/tax.13311
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Austrocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 08. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Austrocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 08. Reference page. slow to update
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Austrocactus. Published online. Accessed: July 08 2025. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2021. Austrocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 July 2021. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2025. Austrocactus. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 08. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Southern American Cacti