Lymanbensonia
Lymanbensonia crenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Lymanbensonieae
Genus: Lymanbensonia
Kimnach

Lymanbensonia is a genus of epiphytic cacti in the tribe Lymanbensonieae, found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.[1] The genus was recently reinstated after it was found to be unrelated to Pfeiffera.[2]

The genus Lymanbensonia is named after botanist Lyman Benson.[3]

Species

The following species are accepted:[2]

  • Lymanbensonia brevispina (Barthlott) Barthlott & N.Korotkova
  • Lymanbensonia choquequiraensis Hoxey
  • Lymanbensonia crenata (Britton) Doweld
  • Lymanbensonia incachacana (Cárdenas) Barthlott & N.Korotkova
  • Lymanbensonia micrantha (Vaupe) Kimnach

References

  1. ↑ "Lymanbensonia Kimnach | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online.
  2. 1 2 Korotkova, Nadja; Zabel, Leonie; Quandt, Dietmar; Barthlott, Wilhelm (2010). "A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae". Willdenowia. 40 (2): 151–172. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201. S2CID 83770697.
  3. ↑ Kimnach, Myron (1984). "Lymanbensonia". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 56: 101.


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