Eriosyce caliginiphila R.Pinto

, Bradleya 23: 1 (-6; figs. 1-9) (2005).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77075782-1
Publication
Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society. Botley
Collation
23: 1 (-6; figs. 1-9)
Date of Publication
22 Jul 2005
Family as entered in IPNI
Cactaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
Pinto & Kirberg 157665
Locality
Provincia de Iquique, Comuna de Iquique
Type Herbaria
holotype CONC
Distribution Of Types
Tarapacá (Chile North, Southern South America, Southern America)
Type Remarks
Precise locality withheld because of the critically endangered status of this new taxon.

Nomenclatural Notes

as 'caligophila'

Remarks

Etymology: species refers to the complete dependence of the plants on fog, and is derived from the Latin, caligo, meaning fog, and -philus from the Greek meaning loving (corrected for genetive singular of fog, 'caliginis').

Links

Basionym of
Islaya caligophila (R.Pinto) Faúndez & R.Kiesling, Darwiniana 45(2): 237 (2007).
Basionym of
Neoporteria caligophila (R.Pinto) Lodé, Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 7 (2013).
Basionym of
Guerreroa caliginiphila (R.Pinto) Lodé, Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 135 (2024), nom. inval.
Basionym of
Guerreroa caliginiphila (R.Pinto) Lodé, Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36(Suppl. 2): 2 (2024).