Browningia

Browningia candelaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Rebutiinae
Genus: Browningia
Species: B. altissima – B. amstutziae – B. candelaris – B. chlorocarpa – B. columnaris – B. hernandezii – B. hertlingiana – B. macracantha – B. microsperma – B. pilleifera – B. utcubambensis

Name

Browningia Britton & Rose (1920)

• Type species: Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose (1920)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Azureocereus Akers & Johnson; Cact. Succ. J. (US) 21: 133 (1949)
  • Gymnanthocereus Backeb.; Blätter Kakteenforsch., No. 8, Nachtr. 15, p. 2, et Blätter Kakteenforsch. 1938, No. 1, p. 3 (1937)
  • Gymnocereus Backeb.; Die Cact. 2: 920 (1959)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 2: 63.

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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Browningia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 09. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Browningia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Browningia. Published online. Accessed: Apr 09 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Browningia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Apr 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Browningia. 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 Apr 09. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• suomi: Lieriökaktukset

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