| Pfeiffera | |
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| Pfeiffera monacantha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Suborder: | Portulacineae |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Echinocereeae |
| Genus: | Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck |
| Type species | |
| Pfeiffera ianthothele | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Bolivihanburya Guiggi | |
Pfeiffera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina.1 There has been some debate about the circumscription of the genus. It is placed in the tribe Echinocereeae.2
The genus name of Pfeiffera is in honour of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and conchologist.3 It was first described and published in Cact. Hort. Dyck., edt. 1844 on page 40 in 1845.1
Species
The following species are accepted:1
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Pfeiffera asuntapatensis (M.Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott) Ralf Bauer | Bolivia | |
| Pfeiffera boliviana (Britton) D.R.Hunt | Bolivia. | |
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Pfeiffera ianthothele F.A.C.Weber | Bolivia to NW. Argentina |
| Pfeiffera miyagawae Barthlott & Rauh | Bolivia. | |
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Pfeiffera monacantha (Griseb.) P.V.Heath | Bolivia to NW. Argentina |
| Pfeiffera paranganiensis (Cárdenas) P.V.Heath | Bolivia |
References
References
- "Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- Korotkova, Nadja; Zabel, Leonie; Quandt, Dietmar; Barthlott, Wilhelm (2010). "A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae". Willdenowia. 40 (2): 151–172. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201. S2CID 83770697.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.