Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Austrocactus, Genus Britton & Rose, Britton & Rose,
The Cactaceae 3: 44. (1922)
Castellanos & Lelong, Los Géneros de las Cactáceas Argentinas in Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernardino Rivadavia' Buenos Aires, Tomo XXXIX: 403 (1938) descr. emend.
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Species List:
aonikenkensis
bertinii
colloncurensis
ferrarii
hibernus
longicarpus
nobilis
praecox
patagonicus
pauxillus
philippii
spiniflorus (maybe not a true Austrocactus)
subandinus
Austrocactus coxii: nomen dubium
Austrocactus intertextus: nomen illegitimum, invalid name
Type:
Type species: Cereus bertinii Cels
Type Locality:
on the coast of Argentina, latitude 45°30´South
Distribution:
Argentina, Chile
Altitude:
10 - 2900m
Collection No:
Flowering:
Extra Info:
There are many more species or subspecies still unnamed. See: Austrocactus spec.
Compiler:
Lange, Michael / de / Frohning, Hans / de / 2018.01.31.
