Austrocactus

Austrocactus Britton & Rose (1922)

🌵 Author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Type	Austrocactus bertini

Etymology

Latin auster ‘south’ + Cactus. For the occurence in Patagonia, southern South America.

How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Austrocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/austrocactus

Accepted name

Austrocactus

World Flora Online (2021)

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U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (2021)

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Plants of the World Online (2020)

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Joël Lodé (2015): Taxonomy of the Cactaceae

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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage

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David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon

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R.K. Brummitt (1992): Vascular Plant Families and Genera

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Curt Backeberg (1958-1962): Die Cactaceae

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Curt Backeberg & F.M. Knuth (1936): Kaktus-ABC

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N.L. Britton & J.N. Rose (1919-1923): The Cactaceae

Placement in Cactaceae

Cactoideae → Phyllocacteae → Corryocactinae

Reto Nyffeler & Urs Eggli (2010): A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109-149

Cereoideae → Cereeae → Austrocereeae → Austrocactinae → Austroëchinocacti → Östlicher Zweig

Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only)

Other resources

🌵 International Plant Names Index

🌵 Plants of the World Online

🌵 Caryophyllales Network

🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library

🌵 Wikispecies