Harrisia (Cactaceae)

Harrisia martinii

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: Harrisia
Subgenera: H. subg. Eriocereus – H. subg. Harrisia
Species: H. aboriginum – H. adscendens – H. bonplandii – H. brookii – H. caymanensis – H. divaricata – H. earlei – H. eriophora – H. fernowii – H. fragrans – H. gracilis – H. martinii – H. pomanensis – H. portoricensis – H. regelii – H. taetra – H. tetracantha – H. tortuosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Harrisia (Cactaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page.

Name

• Harrisia Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 561 (1909).
  • Type species: Harrisia gracilis (Mill.) Britton

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Echinopsis sect. Harrisia (Britton) Molinari & Mayta, Succulentopi@ 14: 11 (2015).

• Heterotypic
  • Cereus subg. Eriocereus A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 74 (1905).
  • Eriocereus Riccob., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 238 (1909).
    • Type species: Eriocereus tortuosus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Riccob.
  • Roseocereus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [17; 3, 11, 23] (1938).
    • Type species: Roseocereus tephracanthus (Lab.) Backeb.
  • Erythrocereus Houghton
  • Serrulatocereus Guiggi

Note:

Perhaps best treated as a part of Echinopsis, but most species lack combinations under that genus.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Uruguay Introduced into: Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Free State, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, New South Wales, Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. , (1908 publ. 1909). Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 561

Additional references

• Anderson, E.F. (2001) The Cactus Family. (Timber Press) ISBN 0-88192-498-9.
• Franck, A.R. 2012. Systematics of Harrisia (Cactaceae). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. University of South Florida..
• Franck, A.R., Cochrane, B.J. & Garey, J.R. (2013) Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Infrageneric Classification of Harrisia (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 38(1):210-223 [1].
• Hunt, D., Taylor, N. & Charles, G. (ed.) (2006) The New Cactus Lexicon. Milborne Port. ISBN 0-9538134-4-4.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Harrisia (Cactaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Harrisia (Cactaceae). Published online. Accessed: Apr 29 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Harrisia (Cactaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Harrisia (Cactaceae). 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Harrisia (Cactaceae). Accessed: 29 Apr 2021.

Vernacular names

suomi: Patukaktukset
русский: Харрисия
svenska: Stjärnkaktussläktet
українська: Харризія

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