Eriosyce

Eriosyce
Eriosyce
Eriosyce aurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Genus: Eriosyce
Phil.
Species

Eriosyce aerocarpa
Eriosyce bulbocalyx
Eriosyce curvispina
Eriosyce esmeraldana
Eriosyce krausii
Eriosyce napina
Eriosyce senilis
Eriosyce villosa
etc.

Eriosyce is a genus of cacti native to Chile.

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Eriosyce:

  • Ceratistes Labour. (nom. inval.)
  • Chileniopsis Backeb.
  • Chileocactus Fric (nom. inval.)
  • Chileorebutia Fric (nom. inval.)
  • Chiliorebutia Fric (orth. var.)
  • Delaetia Backeb.
  • Dracocactus Y.Itô (nom. inval.)
  • Euporteria Kreuz. & Buining
  • Hildmannia Kreuz. & Buining
  • Horridocactus Backeb.
  • Islaya Backeb.
  • Neochilenia Backeb. ex Dölz
  • Neoporteria Britton & Rose
  • Neoporteria Backeb.
  • Neotanahashia Y.Itô
  • Nichelia Bullock (nom. inval.)
  • Pyrrhocactus (A.Berger) A.W.Hill
  • Rodentiophila F.Ritter ex Backeb.
  • Thelocephala Y.Itô