- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
Discocactus Pfeiff.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Brazil to Paraguay.
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Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay
Accepted Species
- Discocactus bahiensis Britton & Rose
- Discocactus boliviensis Backeb. ex Buining
- Discocactus buenekeri W.R.Abraham
- Discocactus catingicola Buining & Brederoo
- Discocactus diersianus Esteves Pereira
- Discocactus fariae-peresii P.J.Braun
- Discocactus ferricola Buining & Brederoo
- Discocactus hartmannii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
- Discocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Britton & Rose
- Discocactus horstii Buining & Brederoo
- Discocactus placentiformis (Lehm.) K.Schum.
- Discocactus pseudoinsignis N.P.Taylor & Zappi
- Discocactus zehntneri Britton & Rose
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Other Data
Discocactus Pfeiff. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 241 (1837)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Sources
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0