Biology:Islaya

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Islaya
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Islaya
Backeb.[1]

Islaya is a genus of cactus. It has been treated as a synonym of Eriosyce,[1] and the species Islaya laui (synonym Eriosyce laui) has also been placed in a separate genus, Rimacactus, as its sole species Rimacactus laui.[2] The genus is recognized by other sources.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Islaya Backeb., Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031889, retrieved 2017-03-30 
  2. Nyffeler, R.; Eggli, U. (2010), "A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae", Schumannia 6: 109–149, doi:10.5167/uzh-43285 
  3. Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Morrone, Osvaldo; Belgrano, Manuel J. (2007), "Novedades taxonómicas y nomenclaturales para la flora vascular del cono sur de Sudamérica" (in es), Darwiniana 45 (2): 236–241, http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/darwin/v45n2/v45n2a11.pdf, retrieved 2017-03-30 

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