Lymanbensonia

Lymanbensonia
Lymanbensonia crenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Lymanbensonieae
Genus: Lymanbensonia
Kimnach

Lymanbensonia is a genus of epiphytic cacti in the tribe Lymanbensonieae, found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. The genus was recently reinstated after it was found to be unrelated to Pfeiffera.

The genus Lymanbensonia is named after botanist Lyman Benson.

Species

The following species are accepted:

References

  1. ↑ "Lymanbensonia Kimnach | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  2. 1 2 Korotkova, Nadja; Zabel, Leonie; Quandt, Dietmar; Barthlott, Wilhelm (2010). "A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae". Willdenowia. 40 (2): 151–172. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201. S2CID 83770697.
  3. ↑ Kimnach, Myron (1984). "Lymanbensonia". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 56: 101.