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Pfeiffera  Salm-Dyck
Taxonomic Serial No.: 907012

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Lymanbensonia Kimnach
  
    Acanthorhipsalis (K. Schum.) Britton & Rose
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusPfeiffera Salm-Dyck  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera asuntapatensis (M. Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott) Ralf Bauer  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera boliviana (Britton) D.R. Hunt  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera brevispina D.R. Hunt  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera crenata (Britton) P.V. Heath  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera ianthothele (Monv.) F.A.C. Weber  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera micrantha (Vaupel) P.V. Heath  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera miyagawae Barthlott & Rauh  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera monacantha (Griseb.) P.V. Heath  
                                  SpeciesPfeiffera paranganiensis (Cárdenas) P.V. Heath  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.   
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Pfeiffera    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
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  Reference for: Pfeiffera   
       

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