Pfeiffera

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: 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.

Name

Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 40.. 1845.
Type species: Pfeiffera cereiformis Salm-Dyck, nom. illeg.

Synonyms

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
Type: Rhipsalis monacantha Griseb.
Bolivihanburya Guiggi, Iconogr. Cat. Cact. Cult. Hanbury: 28. 2016 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021

Distribution
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, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu (1845) Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 40.

Additional references

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 [1].
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. 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.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pfeiffera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pfeiffera. 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 Dec 19. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Pfeiffera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina.[1] There is some debate about the circumscription of the genus.[2] It is in the Phyllocacteae tribe.

The genus name of Pfeiffera is in honour of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and conchologist.[3] It was first described and published in Cact. Hort. Dyck., edt. 1844 on page 40 in 1845.[1]
Species

The following species are accepted:[1]

Pfeiffera asuntapatensis (M.Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott) Ralf Bauer
Pfeiffera boliviana (Britton) D.R.Hunt
Pfeiffera ianthothele F.A.C.Weber
Pfeiffera miyagawae Barthlott & Rauh
Pfeiffera monacantha (Griseb.) P.V.Heath
Pfeiffera paranganiensis (Cárdenas) P.V.Heath

References

"Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
Korotkova, Nadja; Zabel, Leonie; Quandt, Dietmar; Barthlott, Wilhelm (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. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201. S2CID 83770697.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.