Coryphantha
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Coryphantha
Subgenera: C. subg. Coryphantha – C. subg. Neocoryphantha
Species: C. bumamma – C. calipensis – C. clavata – C. compacta – C. cornifera – C. delaetiana – C. delicata – C. difficilis – C. durangensis – C. echinoidea – C. echinus – C. elephantidens – C. erecta – C. georgii – C. glanduligera – C. glassii – C. gracilis – C. greenwoodii – C. hintoniorum – C. jalpanensis – C. kracikii – C. longicornis – C. maiz-tablasensis – C. neglecta – C. nickelsiae – C. octacantha – C. ottonis – C. pallida – C. poselgeriana – C. potosiana – C. pseudoechinus – C. pseudonickelsiae – C. pseudoradians – C. pulleineana – C. pycnacantha – C. ramillosa – C. recurvata – C. retusa – C. robustispina – C. salinensis – C. sulcata – C. tripugionacantha – C. vaupeliana – C. vogtherriana – C. werdermannii – C. wohlschlageri
Name
Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem., Cactées. 32. (1868)
- Type species: Coryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Synonyms
- Basionym
- Mammillaria subg. Coryphanta Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 264. 1856 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Coryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
- Mammillaria subg. Coryphanta Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 264. 1856 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Heterotypic
- Glandulifera Frič, Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 122. 1924, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Escobrittonia Doweld, Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 17. 2000 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
- Type: Escobrittonia gracilis (L.Bremer & A.B.Lau) Doweld
- Type: Escobrittonia gracilis (L.Bremer & A.B.Lau) Doweld
Note: Another genus with significant difference across secondary sources according to the references below.
Distribution
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
Primary references
- Lemaire, C. 1868. Cactées. 32.
Additional references
- Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Reference page. - Breslin, P.B., Wojciechowski, M.F. & Majure, L.C. 2021. Molecular phylogeny of the Mammilloid clade (Cactaceae) resolves the monophyly of Mammillaria. Taxon 70(2): 308–323. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12451
Reference page. - Sánchez, D., Vázquez-Benítez, B., Vázquez-Sánchez, M., Aquino, D. & Arias, S. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae). PhytoKeys 188:115–165. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739 Reference page.
Links
- Hassler, M. 2021. Coryphantha. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 June 17. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Coryphantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 17. Reference page.
- Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Coryphantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 12. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coryphantha. Published online. Accessed: June 17 2021. Reference page.
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coryphantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
Vernacular names
- English: Beehive Cactus
- suomi: Piikaktukset
