''Pfeiffera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Cactaceae
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...
, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina.
There is some debate about the circumscription of the genus. It is in the Phyllocacteae tribe.
The genus name of ''Pfeiffera'' is in honour of
Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and
conchologist
Conchology () is the study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs; however, malacology is the study of molluscs as whole organisms, whereas conchology is confined to the study of their shells. It includ ...
.
It was first described and published in Cact. Hort. Dyck., edt. 1844 on page 40 in 1845.
Species
The following species are accepted:
References
Echinocereeae
Cactoideae genera
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of Northwest Argentina
Plants described in 1845
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