Cleistocactus Lem.
First published in Ill. Hort. 8(Misc.): 35 (1861)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Peru to Uruguay.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Introduced into:
Canary Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Akersia Buining in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1961: 25 (1961)
- Bolivicereus Cárdenas in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 91 (1951)
- Borzicactella F.Ritter in Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1385 (1981)
- Cephalocleistocactus F.Ritter in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1959: 108 (1959)
- Cleistocereus Frič & Kreuz. in Succulenta (Netherlands) 18: 120 (1936)
- Clistanthocereus Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937, Teil 1 (Mai): 24 (1937)
- Hildewintera F.Ritter ex G.D.Rowley in Regnum Veg. 54: 15 (1968), nom. illeg.
- Maritimocereus Akers & Buining in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1950: 49 (1950)
- Seticleistocactus Backeb. in Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 13 (1963)
- Winteria F.Ritter in Kakteen And. Sukk. 13: 4 (1962), nom. illeg.
- Winterocereus Backeb. in Kakteenlex.: 455 (1966)
Accepted Species
- Cleistocactus ayopayanus Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus baumannii (Lem.) Lem.
- Cleistocactus brookeae Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus buchtienii Backeb.
- Cleistocactus candelilla Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus capadalensis F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus chrysocephalus (F.Ritter) Mottram
- Cleistocactus dependens Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus hildegardiae F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus hyalacanthus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus laniceps (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus luribayensis Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus micropetalus F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus morawetzianus Backeb.
- Cleistocactus parviflorus (K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss.
- Cleistocactus pungens F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus reae Cárdenas
- Cleistocactus ritteri Backeb. ex Guiggi
- Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt
- Cleistocactus smaragdiflorus (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
- Cleistocactus strausii (Heese) Backeb.
- Cleistocactus tominensis (Weing.) Backeb.
- Cleistocactus variispinus F.Ritter
- Cleistocactus viridiflorus Backeb.
- Cleistocactus winteri D.R.Hunt
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Lowry, M. (2016). A synopsis of the genus Cleistocactus Lemaire (Cactaceae). Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 34: 148-186.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 7, 1992 | Munter [17], Peru | 65088.000 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Madsen, J.E. [86221], Ecuador | 77128.000 | No | ||
Akers, J., Peru | 52279.000 | No | |||
52286.000 | No | ||||
Ritter, F. [FR332], Bolivia | 64650.000 | No | |||
73431.000 | No | ||||
77112.000 | No | ||||
Ritter, F. [FR837], Argentina | 76980.000 | No | |||
Koehres, G. [FR837], Argentina | 76926.000 | 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