Islaya

Islaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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 2 "Islaya Backeb.", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, 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" (PDF), Darwiniana (in Spanish), 45 (2): 236–241, retrieved 2017-03-30
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