Pterocereus

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Pterocereus

Pterocereus T.MacDoug. & Miranda in Ceiba 4: 135. 1954 sec. Franco-Estrada & al. 20211 wfo-4000031943

Type: Pterocereus foetidus T.MacDoug. & Miranda

• 1. Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias, S. 2021: Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. – Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903-916.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0

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Notes

Pterocereus was segregated from Pachycereus by Franco-Estrada & al. (2021) based on their phylogenetic results. It was resolved as sister to Lophocereus.A,B

Taxon standing

Category A. The genus is highly supported as a distinct lineage and its monotypic status based on a complete or very comprehensive phylogenetic study, and a phylogeny-based taxonomic synopsis was published.A

Bibliography

A. Franco-Estrada, D., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T. & Arias, S. 2021: Phylogenetic analysis of Peniocereus (Cactaceae, Echinocereeae) based on five chloroplast DNA markers. – Brazilian Journal of Botany 44(4): 903-916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-021-00774-0

B. Sánchez, D. & Arias, S. 2022: Updates to the Cactaceae species-level checklist for the genera Peniocereus, Pachycereus, Backebergia and Pterocereus. – Published online at https://caryophyllales.org/cactaceae/Checklist.