Mitrocereus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Mitrocereus
Species: M. militaris

Name

Mitrocereus (Backeb.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 77. (1942)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Backebergia Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 230 (1954), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Cephalocereus subg. Mitrocereus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 17. (1938)
      • Type: Backebergia chrysomallus (Lem.) Bravo
      • Type: Mitrocereus chrysomallus (Lem.) Backeb.

Note: The correct name for this taxon is Mitrocereus (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 77. {1942) Art 11 and Backebergia is therefore nom. superfl.

References

Primary references

  • Backeberg, C. 1942. Cactaceae 1941(2): 77.

Additional references