Pfeiffera

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: Pfeiffera
Species: P. asuntapatensis – P. boliviana – P. ianthothele – P. miyagawae – P. monacantha – P. paraganiensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pfeiffera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page.

Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 40.. (1845)
- Type species: Pfeiffera cereiformis Salm-Dyck, nom. illeg. vide Pfeiffera ianthothele (Monv. ex Salm-Dyck) F.A.C.Weber, in D.G.J.Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 944 (1898)

Heterotypic
- Rhipsalis subg. Acanthorhipsalis K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 615. (1898) syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2010
- Acanthorhipsalis (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 211. (1923) syn. sec. Korotkova & al. 2010 See also Lepismium Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 315 (1835) syn. sec. POWO, 2025.
  - Type: Rhipsalis monacantha Griseb.
- Bolivihanburya Guiggi, Iconogr. Cat. Cact. Cult. Hanbury: 28. (2016) syn. sec. Korotkova 2021

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Bolivia to NW. Argentina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu 1845. Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae 1844: 40.

Korotkova, N., Zabel, L. Quandt, D. & Barthlott, W.A. 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, S1–S4. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201
Korotkova, N. 2011. Phylogeny and evolution of the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae). Dissertation. Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .
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.

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pfeiffera in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pfeiffera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pfeiffera. Published online. Accessed: Dec 19 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pfeiffera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Dec 2021. Reference page.