Soehrensia

<i>Soehrensia</i>

Soehrensia

Genus of cacti

Soehrensia is a genus of cacti native to South America.

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It is native to northern Argentina, Bolivia, northern Chile, Paraguay and Peru, and has been introduced elsewhere, including Mexico, southern Africa and Spain.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus was established by Curt Backeberg in 1938.[1]

The genus name of Soehrensia is in honour of Johannes Soehrens (died 1934), who was a Dutch botanist and Professor and Director of the Botanical Garden in Santiago de Chile. He was an authority on cacti.[2]

Studies in the 1970s and 1980s resulted in several formerly separate genera being absorbed into Echinopsis, including Soehrensia and Helianthocereus,[3] until it was re-assessed to be a separate genus.[4][5]

Species

As of October 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Soehrensia Backeb. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (January 2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  3. [3]
    Friedrich, H.; Glaetzle, W. (1 December 1983). "Seed-morphology as an aid to classifying the genus Echinopsis Zucc". Bradleya. 1: 91–104. doi:10.25223/brad.n1.1983.a9. S2CID 90895449.
  4. [4]
    "Soehrensia Backeb". worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. [5]
    Hunt, D.R. 2016: CITES Cactaceae Checklist. 3rd edition. London: Kew Publishing.

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