Borzicactus

Borzicactus

Synonymy

Borzicactus Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 261. 1909 sec. Hunt 2016

• Type: Borzicactus ventimigliae Riccob.

• =Clistanthocereus Backeb., Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1). 1937: 24 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Type: Clistanthocereus fieldianus (Britton & Rose) Backeb.

• =Seticereus Backeb. in Kakt. And. Sukk. 1937: 37. 1937 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Type: Seticereus icosagonus (Kunth) Backeb.

• =Akersia Buining in Succulenta (Netherlands) 1961: 25. 1961 syn. sec. Schlumpberger & Renner 2012

• =Borzicactella H.Johnson ex F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1385. 1981 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Type: Borzicactella tenuiserpens (Rauh & Backeb.) F.Ritter

Content

• Notes

Notes

Borzicactus is reinstated based on the results of Schlumpberger & Renner (2012). Its circusmcription has been the subject of some debate, as summarized by Bregman (1992). The exact delimitation of Borzicactus and the genera currently included or considered related to it is still unclear.A

A. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W.G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N. & Nyffeler, R. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383