Xiquexique
Xiquexique in PlantNow 1(2): 63. 2020 sec. Lavor & al. 20201 wfo-4000042688
- ≡Pilosocereus subg. Gounellea, Pilosocereus (Cactac.) gen. Brazil: 36. 1994 syn. sec. Lavor & al. 20201
- Type: Xiquexique gounellei
Distribution (Area)
Southern America:, Brazil Northeast (Alagoas native, Bahia native, Ceará native, Maranhao native, Paraíba native, Pernambuco native, Piauí native, Rio Grande do Norte native, Sergipe native); Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais native)
Systematics
Recent studies based on hundred of nuclear loci derived from target-enrichment and a comprehensive sampling of subtribe Cereineae have recovered Xiquexique as a sister lineage of Micranthocereus s.str. (Romeiro-Brito et al. 2023).C
Taxon standing
Category A: The genus is monophyletic based on a complete or very comprehensive phylogenetic study, and a phylogeny-based taxonomic synopsis was published.B
Citation
Köhler, M. 2021: Revisions of Airampoa, Brasiliopuntia, Opuntia, Salmonopuntia, Tacinga, Xiquexique. – In: Korotkova N. & al., Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org – a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. – Willdenowia 51: 251-270. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.51.51208
Bibliography
A. Lavor, P., Calvente, A., Versieux, L.M. & Sanmartin, I. 2019: Bayesian spatio-temporal reconstruction reveals rapid diversification and Pleistocene range expansion in the widespread columnar cactus Pilosocereus. – Journal of Biogeography 46: 238-250. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13481
B. Lavor, P., Versieux, L.M. & Calvente, A. 2020: Phylogenetic relationships of Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) and taxonomic implications. – PlantNow 1(2): 52–70
C. Romeiro-Brito, M., Taylor, N.P., Zappi, D., Telhe, M.C., Franco, F.F. & Moraes, E.M. 2023: Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing. – Annals of Botany, ser. 5, 132: 989-1006. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob%2fmcad153