Eriosyce

Eriosyce

Synonymy

Eriosyce Phil. in Anales Univ. Chile 41: 721. 1872 sec. Hunt (2006)

• Type: Eriosyce sandillon (Gay) Phil.

• =Neoporteria Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 94. 1922 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
• Type: Neoporteria subgibbosa (Haw.) Britton & Rose

• =Pyrrhocactus A.Berger, Kakteen: 215, 345. 1929 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)

• =Islaya Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(10): [3]. 1934 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
• Type: Islaya minor Backeb.

• =Horridocactus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [21]. 1938 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
• Type: Horridocactus horridus Backeb.

• =Neochilenia Backeb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 60. 1942 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
• Type: Neochilenia jussieui (Monv.) Backeb.

• =Thelocephala Y.Itô, Explan. Diagr. Austroechinocactinae: 292. 1957 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
• Type: Thelocephala napina (Phil.) Y.Itô

• =Rimacactus Mottram in Bradleya 19: 75. 2001 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)

Content

• Notes

Notes

The diminutive Eriosyce laui Lüthy from North Chile has been found to differ morphologically from the remaining taxa of Eriosyce s.l. by Nyffeler & Eggli (1997), and was subsequently segregated as the monotypic genus Rimacactus. As long as this segregation is not backed up by molecular data, it appears premature to accept the genus. Recent treatments by Kattermann (1994) and Hoffmann & Walter (2005; Chile).