Contribution of authors
Data compilation editors:
Nadja Korotkova (principal editor and compiler)
Walter G. Berendsohn (name matching with contributed datasets, nomenclatural issues, data quality control, generation of formatted documents from output from the EDIT Platform, editorial guidelines)
Taxonomic information:
David Aquino: Epithelantha, Kadenicarpus, Rapicactus, Turbinicarpus
Salvador Arias: Acanthocereus, Aporocactus, Astrophytum, Bergerocactus, Cephalocereus, Disocactus, Marshallocereus, Nyctocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Pereskiopsis, Stenocereus
Urs Eggli: Aylostera, Blossfeldia, Rebutia, Weingartia, partial quality control of unresolved names
Alan R. Franck: Estevesia, Harrisia, Pilosocereus, Xiquexique
Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa & Héctor M. Hernández: Acanthocereus, Acharagma, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Bergerocactus, Cumarinia, Cylindropuntia,
Echinocactus, Escontria, Grusonia, Lophophora, Mammillaria, Melocactus, Myrtillocactus, Neolloydia,
Opuntia p.p., Peniocereus, Sclerocactus, Thelocactus, Turbinicarpus
Pablo C. Guerrero: Eriosyce, Eulychnia, Copiapoa, Rimacactus
Matias Köhler: Airampoa, Brasiliopuntia, Opuntia p.p., Salmonopuntia, Tacinga
Nadja Korotkova: Deamia, Disocactus, Epiphyllum, Hatiora, Kimnachia, Lepismium, Lymanbensonia, Pfeiffera, Pseudorhipsalis, Rhipsalidopsis, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera, Selenicereus, Weberocereus
Lucas C. Majure: Cochemiea, Consolea, Coryphantha, Cylindropuntia, Cumarinia, Grusonia, Kroenleinia, Leptocereus, Melocactus, Micropuntia, Opuntia p.p.
Detlev Metzing: Frailea, Gymnocalycium, various other names
Reto Nyffeler: Parodia
Daniel Sánchez: Echinocereus
Boris O. Schlumpberger: Acanthocalycium, Echinopsis, Leucostele, Lobivia, Setiechinopsis, Soehrensia, Reicheocactus, Trichocereus
How to cite us: If you want to cite data from this website, use the literature references given with the data, with the addition of “accessed on Caryophyllales.org/Cactaceae [date]”
Publication: 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: 251 – 271. open access DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Acknowledgements
Andreas Müller, Katja Luther, Andreas Kohlbecker and Patrick Plitzner: Technical support for the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy
Patricia Hernández -Ledesma: former coordinator of the Caryophylalles Network
Inan Erdogan and Mareike Liese: help with data entry
RBG Kew: providing the at that time unpublished dataset of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Sabine von Mering: former coordinator of the Caryophylalles Network
Eckhard von Raab-Straube: advice on nomenclature
Nicholas Turland: advice on nomenclature
William Ulate of the World Flora Online team at Missouri Botanical Garden: facilitating the WFO backbone data for Cactaceae
Holger Rudzinski: Various corrections for Mammillaria