''Corryocactus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

cacti A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, ...

. The genus was formerly placed in the

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Notocacteae Notocacteae is a tribe of cactus, cacti belonging to the subfamily Cactoideae. It is one of the oldest cactus lineages endemic to South America. Description Notocacteae are mostly single, rarely tree-like or shrub-like plants. Their mostly spheri ...

. It has also been placed in the tribe

Echinocereeae The Echinocereeae are a tribe of cactus, cacti in the subfamily Cactoideae. Since 2006, the tribe has included the former tribe Pachycereeae in many treatments of cactus classification. The exact Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscription of the ...

. A 2011

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study excluded the genus from the "core" Echinocereeae, commenting that it lay "outside of a well-supported larger clade in our analysis".

Species

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus: *''Corryocereus''

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& Kreuz. (orth. var.) *''Erdisia'' Britton &

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*''Eulychnocactus''

Backeb. Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg, Germany – 14 January 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti. Biography He travelled extensively through Central and South America, and publi ...

(nom. inval.)

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Corryocactus ayacuchoensis
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Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. puquiensis
photo {{Taxonbar, from=Q136230 Cactoideae genera