Oroya peruviana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Trichocereinae
Genus: Oroya
Species: Oroya peruviana
Name

Oroya peruviana Britton & Rose, 1922
Synonyms

Echinocactus peruvianus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., Nachtr. 1: 113. 1903 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
Oroya neoperuviana Backeb., Kaktus-ABC: 282, 416. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Hunt 2006
Oroya peruviana var. neoperuviana (Backeb.) Slaba in Kaktusy (Brno) 20: 7. 1985 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya neoperuviana var. depressa Rauh & Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 32. 1957 ["1956"] syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya peruviana var. depressa (Rauh & Backeb.) Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 478. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya laxiareolata Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 480. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya subocculta var. laxiareolata (Rauh & Backeb.) Slaba in Kaktusy (Brno) 21: 34. 1985 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya neoperuviana var. ferruginea Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 485. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya neoperuviana var. tenuispina Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 487. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya subocculta Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 482. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya subocculta var. albispina Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 483. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya subocculta var. fusca Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 484. 1958 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya laxiareolata var. pluricentralis Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 10. 1963 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya peruviana var. pluricentralis (Backeb.) F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1511. 1981 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya subocculta var. pluricentralis (Backeb.) Slaba in Kaktusy (Brno) 21: 34. 1985 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya baumannii Kníže in Biota 7(57): 254. 1968 syn. sec. Hunt 1999
Oroya peruviana var. baumannii (Kníže) Slaba in Kaktusy 21(1): 10. 1985 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya baumannii var. baumannii syn. sec. ???
Oroya baumannii var. rubrispina Kníže in Biota 7: 254. 1968 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya gibbosa var. citriflora Kníže in Biota 7: 57. 1968 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Oroya peruviana var. citriflora (Kníže) Slaba in Kaktusy (Brno) 20: 9. 1985 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya peruviana var. conaikensis Donald & A.B.Lau in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 25: 33. 1970 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Oroya gibbosa F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1512. 1981 syn. sec. Brako & Zarucchi 1993
Echinopsis urbis-regium Molinari & Mayta in Succulentopi@ 14: 20. 2015 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
C-Peru (Oroya to Cuzco)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 102

Additional references

Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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

Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Oroya). Oroya peruviana. Accessed: 03 Nov 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Oroya. Published online. Accessed: Nov 03 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Oroya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 03.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Oroya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 03. Reference page.
Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Oroya in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Nov 03. Reference page.

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