Lasiocereus

Lasiocereus
Lasiocereus rupicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Trichocereinae (?)
Genus: Lasiocereus
F.Ritter
Species

See text.

Lasiocereus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to Peru. The genus was established by Friedrich Ritter in 1966. It was formerly placed in subtribe Rebutiinae, but a 2023 molecular phylogenetic study suggested that it probably belonged to the subtribe Trichocereinae.

Species

As of August 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Lasiocereus F.Ritter", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-09-29
  2. 1 2 "Lasiocereus F.Ritter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-09-29
  3. ↑ Romeiro-Brito, Monique; Taylor, Nigel P.; Zappi, Daniela C.; Telhe, Milena C.; Franco, Fernando F. & Moraes, Evandro M. (2023), "Unravelling phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cereeae using target enrichment sequencing", Annals of Botany, 132 (5): 989–1006, doi:10.1093/aob/mcad153, PMC 10808018