Corryocactus

Corryocactus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Corryocactus Britton & Rose
Species
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Corryocactus is a genus of cacti. The genus was formerly placed in the tribe Notocacteae.^{[citation needed]} It has also been placed in the tribe Echinocereeae. A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study excluded the genus from the "core" Echinocereeae, commenting that it lay "outside of a well-supported larger clade in our analysis".^[1]

Species[]

• Corryocactus apiciflorus (Vaupel) Hutchison
• (Meyen) Hutchison ex Buxb.
• Cárdenas
• (Vaupel) Britton & Rose
• Corryocactus brevistylus (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. brevistylus
  • Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. puquiensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza
• Ochoa & Backeb. ex D.R.Hunt
• Cárdenas
• Corryocactus erectus (Backeb.) F.Ritter
• F.Ritter
• (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
• Cárdenas
• Cárdenas
• (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter
• (Vaupel) Hutchison

Synonymy[]

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:

• Corryocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
• Erdisia Britton & Rose
• Eulychnocactus Backeb. (nom. inval.)

References[]

External links[]

• Corryocactus ayacuchoensis photo
• Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. puquiensis photo

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