Borzicactus

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

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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: Trichocereinae
Genus: Borzicactus
Species sensu CACO: B. acanthurus – B. fieldianus – B. hoffmannii – B. hoxeyi – B. hutchisonii – B. hystrix – B. icosagonus – B. jajoanus – B. leonensis – B. longiserpens – B. morleyanus – B. neoroezlii – B. pachycladus – B. plagiostoma – B. sepium – B. sextonianus – B. silvaticus – B. sulcifer – B. tenuiserpens – B. xylorhizus
Species sensu POWO: B. fieldianus – B. hutchisonii – B. icosagonus – B. leonensis – B. longiserpens – B. neoroezlii – B. plagiostoma – B. sepium – B. tenuiserpens

Name

Borzicactus Riccob., 1909

Type: Borzicactus ventimigliae Riccob. vide Borzicactus sepium (Kunth) Britton & Rose, 1920

Synonyms

Borzicereus Frič & Kreuz. in Kreuzinger, Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 39. 1935, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Clistanthocereus Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1): 24. 1937 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Clistanthocereus fieldianus (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Seticereus Backeb. in Kakteen And. Sukk. 1: 37. 1937 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Seticereus icosagonus (Kunth) Backeb.
Maritimocereus Akers & Buining in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1950: 49. 1950 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Akersia Buining in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1961: 25. 1961 syn. sec. Schlumpberger & Renner 2012
- Type: Akersia roseiflora Buining
Borzicactella H.Johnson ex F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1385. 1981 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Borzicactella tenuiserpens (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter
Loxanthocereus Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1): 24. 1937
- Type: Loxanthocereus acanthurus (Vaupel) Backeb. Syn. sec.: Hunt (2006}

Note: The differences in circumscriptions is due to CACO not accepting Loxanthocereus Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1): 24 (1937) as a segregate.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

Riccobono, V., 1909. Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 261

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.
Lodé, J. 2019. New combinations in Cactaceae. Cactus-Adventures International 31(1): 20-27. PDF Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Borzicactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 10. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Borzicactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Borzicactus. Published online. Accessed: Nov 10 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Borzicactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov 2021. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Borzicactus. 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 Nov 10. Reference page.

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