Eulychnia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Eulychnia
Species: E. acida – E. breviflora – E. castanea – E. chorosensis – E. iquiquensis – E. ritteri – E. saint-pieana – E. taltalensis – E. vallenarensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Eulychnia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.

Name

Eulychnia Phil. (1860)

Type species: E. breviflora Phil.

Synonyms

Philippicereus Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 75. 1942 syn. sec. Larridon & al. 2018
Type: Philippicereus castaneus (Phil.) Backeb.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Philippi, R.A. 1860. Florula Atacamensis; seu, Enumeratio plantarum, quas in itinere per desertum Atacamense observavit R. Philippi. Halis Saxonum, Sumptibus E. Anton. HathiTrust. BHL. Reference page. : 23, t. 11 A.

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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Eulychnia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eulychnia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Eulychnia. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Eulychnia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15.
Hassler, M. 2021. Eulychnia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eulychnia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
فارسی: کاکتوسهای چراغ برق
lietuvių: Eulichnija
svenska: Ulltofskaktussläktet

Eulychnia is a genus of candelabriform or arborescent cacti, comprising between 6 and 9 species depending on the authority. These desert cacti can survive under very hot conditions—temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees Celsius. Furthermore, this breed of cacti can also survive in some of the driest places in the world such as the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world.

This genus has one synonym: Philippicereus Backeb..