Backebergia militaris

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

Please see discussion on the talk page.

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Backebergia
Species: Backebergia militaris

Name[edit]

Backebergia militaris (Audot) Bravo ex Sánchez-Mej. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45: 174. 1973 sec. Franco-Estrada & al. 2021 (sub Pachycereus militaris)

Synonyms[edit]

Basionym
- Cereus militaris Audot in Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 2, 4: 307. 1845 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
Homotypic
- Mitrocereus militaris (Audot) Bravo in Bot. Stud. 12: 54. 1961 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
- Cephalocereus militaris (Audot) H.E.Moore in Baileya 19(4): 165. 1975 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
- Pilocereus militaris Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 40. 1845 syn. sec. Arias & Terrazas 2009
- Pachycereus militaris (Audot) P.V.Heath in Calyx 2(3): 108. 1992 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
Heterotypic
- Mitrocereus chrysomallus (Audot) Bravo ex Buxb. in Bot. Stud. 12: 54. 1961 syn. sec. Tropicos

Note: This plant is known by three alternative names - see Discussion Page for more details.

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Bravo Hollis, H. 1973. Cactus and Succulent Journal 45: 174.

Additional references[edit]

Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias Montes, S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903–916. DOI: 10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0 Reference page.
Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 34(1): 68-83. DOI: 10.1600/036364409787602384 JSTOR Reference page.

Links[edit]

Korotkova, N. et al. 2023. Backebergia militaris in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Dec 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Backebergia militaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Backebergia militaris. Published online. Accessed: Dec 18 2023.
Tropicos.org 2021. Backebergia militaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Backebergia militaris. 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 18. Reference page.

Vernacular names[edit]

беларуская: шлемоносен пахицереус
English: golden-fleece, military-cap, teddy-bear cactus
svenska: Soldatpelarkaktus
中文: 金毛翁

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