Backebergia

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: Backebergia
Species: B. militaris

Name

Backebergia Bravo, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 230. (1954) sec. Franco-Estrada & al. (2021)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cephalocereus subg. Mitrocereus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 17. (1938)
  • Mitrocereus (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 77. {1942)
    • 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

• Bravo, H.H. 1954. Anales del Instituto de Biológia de la Universidad Nacional de México 24: 230.
• Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias Montes, S. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903–916. DOI: 10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0 Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2023. Backebergia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr. 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Backebergia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct. 10. Reference page.  as Mitrocereus (Backeb.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 77 (1942)
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Backebergia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 10 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Backebergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Apr. 2023.