Borzicactus

Borzicactus

Synonymy

Borzicactus Riccob. in Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 261. 1909 sec. Hunt (2012b)

• 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.