Nomenclature: wfo-1000080612

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Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification

Occurs in: 2025-06

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl > Cactaceae Juss. > Austrocactus Britton & Rose > Austrocactus subg. Austrocactus > Austrocactus sect. Austrocactus

Subtaxa

• Austrocactus aonikenkensis E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes
• Austrocactus bertinii (J.F.Cels) Britton & Rose
• Austrocactus diamantinus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes
• Austrocactus ferrarii R.Kiesling, E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes
• Austrocactus implexus E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes
• Austrocactus philippii (Regel & Schmidt) Buxb.
• Austrocactus praecox E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes

Taxonomic References

• literature : Böhnert T., Merklinger F. F., Sarnes E., Sarnes N., Kiesling R., Weigend M. & Luebert F. 2025: Systematic and taxonomic revision of the genus Austrocactus (Cactaceae) based on morphology and genome wide SNP-data. – TAXON 74(2): 386-416.

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