Aylostera subg. Mediolobivia

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: Cereeae
Subtribus: Rebutiinae
Genus: Aylostera
Subgenus: Aylostera subg. Mediolobivia
Species: A. einsteinii – A. eos – A. pygmaea – A. tuberosa

Name

Aylostera subg. Mediolobivia (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley (2009)

• Type species: A. aureiflora (Backeb.) Mosti & Papini = Aylostera einsteinii (Frič ex Kreuz. & Buining) Mosti & Papini in Pakistan J. Bot. 43: 2769–2785. (2011)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Mediolobivia subg. Eumediolobivia Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941 Zweiter Teil: 35. 1942, nom. inval.
  • Rebutia sect. Setirebutia Frič ex Buining & Donald, Sukkulentenkunde 7/8: 98. 1963.
  • Setirebutia Frič, in Kreuz., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen 26. 1935, nom. inval.
  • Setirebutia Frič ex Buining, Succulenta 20(4): 53. 1938, nom. inval.

• Heterotypic
  • Lobivia subg. Pygmaeolobivia Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 66, 239-240. 1936, nom. inval.
    • Mediolobivia subg. Pygmaeolobivia Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941 Zweiter Teil: 35, 76. 1942, nom. inval.
    • Rebutia subg. Pygmaeolobivia (Backeb.) Sída, Rod Rebutia: 22. 1997, nom. inval.
      • Type species: Mediolobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Backeb.
        

Note: The subgenus is probably not sustainable given the acceptance of Ritz et al. (2016) and Korotkova et al. (2021) cf. Mosti & Papini (2011). In addition, due to changes in synonymy at lease two species have no equivalents in Mediolobivia, if deleted then the autonym will have to go.

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. 
• Mosti, S., Bandara, N.L. & Papini, A. 2011. Further insights and new combinations in Aylostera (Cactaceae) based on molecular and morphological data. Pakistan Journal of Botany 43(6): 2769–2785 PDF. Reference page. 
• Ritz, C.M., Fickenscher, K., Föller, J., Herrmann, K., Mecklenburg, R. & Wahl, R. 2016. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Andean genus Aylostera Speg. (Cactaceae, Trichocereeae), a new classification and a morphological identification key. Plant Systematics and Evolution 302(7): 763–780. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-016-1296-4 Reference page. 
• Rowley, G.D. 2009. CactusWorld 27(2): 89.