Wikipedia / Lobivia
Wikipedia / Lobivia
Lobivia is a formerly recognized genus of cacti native to South America from Bolivia, Peru to northwestern Argentina and Northern Chile. , it was considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of the genus Echinopsis.
Taxonomy
The genus Lobivia was established by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1922. Its status as an independent genus has varied. In the CITES Cactaceae Checklists prior to 2016, it was treated as a synonym of Echinopsis. In the 3rd edition of 2016, it was restored as an independent genus based on a 2012 phylogenetic study. A major 2025 classification of the family Cactaceae returned Lobivia to a synonym of Echinopsis, a view accepted by Plants of the World Online .
Species
Species previously placed in the genus Lobivia include:
Lobivia ancistrophora → Echinopsis ancistrophora
Lobivia arachnacantha → Echinopsis arachnacantha
Lobivia ayopayana → Echinopsis ayopayana
Lobivia backebergii → Echinopsis backebergii
Lobivia bridgesii → Echinopsis bridgesii
Lobivia caineana → Echinopsis caineana
Lobivia calorubra → Echinopsis calorubra
Lobivia cardenasiana → Echinopsis cardenasiana
Lobivia chrysochete → Echinopsis chrysochete
Lobivia cinnabarina → Echinopsis cinnabarina
Lobivia ferox → Echinopsis ferox
Lobivia hertrichiana → Echinopsis hertrichiana
Lobivia lateritia → Echinopsis lateritia
Lobivia mamillosa → Echinopsis mamillosa
Lobivia maximiliana → Echinopsis maximiliana
Lobivia minutiflora → Echinopsis minutiflora
Lobivia obrepanda → Echinopsis obrepanda
Lobivia pampana → Echinopsis pampana
Lobivia pamparuizii → Echinopsis pamparuizii
Lobivia pentlandii → Echinopsis pentlandii
Lobivia pereziensis → Echinopsis pereziensis
Lobivia pugionacantha → Echinopsis pugionacantha
Lobivia rauschii → Echinopsis yuquina
Lobivia schieliana → Echinopsis schieliana
Lobivia sucrensis → Echinopsis sucrensis
Lobivia tegeleriana → Echinopsis tegeleriana
Lobivia tiegeliana → Echinopsis tiegeliana
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