Pfeiffera Explained

Pfeiffera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina. There has been some debate about the circumscription of the genus. It is placed in the tribe Echinocereeae.^[1] The genus name of Pfeiffera is in honour of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and conchologist.^[2] It was first described and published in Cact. Hort. Dyck., edt. 1844 on page 40 in 1845.

Species

The following species are accepted:^[3]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Pfeiffera asuntapatensis (M.Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott) Ralf Bauer	Bolivia
	Pfeiffera boliviana (Britton) D.R.Hunt	Bolivia.
	Pfeiffera ianthothele F.A.C.Weber	Bolivia to NW. Argentina
	Pfeiffera miyagawae Barthlott & Rauh	Bolivia.
	Pfeiffera monacantha (Griseb.) P.V.Heath	Bolivia to NW. Argentina
	Pfeiffera paranganiensis (Cárdenas) P.V.Heath	Bolivia

Notes and References

1. A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae . 2010 . Korotkova . Nadja . Zabel . Leonie . Quandt . Dietmar . Barthlott . Wilhelm . Willdenowia . 40 . 2 . 151–172 . 10.3372/wi.40.40201 . 83770697 . free .
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
3. Web site: Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 11 June 2021 .