Oreocereus Riccob.
First published in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 258 (1909)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Peru to NW. Argentina.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Peru
Introduced into:
Canary Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Arequipa Britton & Rose in Cact. 3: 100 (1922)
- Arequipiopsis Kreuz. & Buining in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 195 (1941)
- Moraquipa Rüd.Baumgärtner in Hybriden-J. 2012(2): 18 (2012)
- Morawetzia Backeb. in Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 73 (1936)
Accepted Species
- Oreocereus celsianus (Salm-Dyck) A.Berger ex Riccob.
- Oreocereus doelzianus (Backeb.) Borg
- Oreocereus hempelianus (Gürke) D.R.Hunt
- Oreocereus leucotrichus (Phil.) Wagenkn.
- Oreocereus pseudofossulatus D.R.Hunt
- Oreocereus ritteri Cullmann
- Oreocereus tacnaensis F.Ritter
- Oreocereus trollii (Kupper) Backeb.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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52285.000 | No |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0