Browningia

Browningia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Browningieae
Genus:	Browningia Britton & Rose

Browningia is a genus of cacti, comprising 11 accepted and 3 unresolved species. It is named for Webster E Browning (1869-1942), director of the Instituto Inglés, Santiago, Chile.^[1]

Browningia candelaris (Candelabra cactus), Chile

Synonymy[]

Synonyms of this genus are:

• Azureocereus Akers &
• Castellanosia Cárdenas
• Gymnocereus Rauh & Backeb.

Species[]

• F.Ritter
• (F.Ritter) Buxb.
• (Rauh & Backeb.) Hutchison ex Krainz
• (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt
• Browningia candelaris (Meyen) Britton & Rose
• Browningia candelaris subsp. icaensis (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt
• (Kunth) W.T.Marshall
• F.Ritter
• Fern.Alonso
• (Backeb.) Buxb.
• (Werderm. & Backeb.) W.T.Marshall
• (F.Ritter) Hutchison
• (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley
• Hutch.
• (Rauh & Backeb.) Buxb.

References[]

• The Plant List.org: Browningia

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