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Pfeiffera
Pfeiffera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina. There has been some debate about the circumscription of the genus. It is placed in the tribe Echinocereeae.
The genus name of Pfeiffera is in honour of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and conchologist.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pfeiffera ianthothele
speciesPfeiffera ianthothele
Pfeiffera monacantha
speciesPfeiffera monacantha
Pfeiffera paranganiensis
speciesPfeiffera paranganiensis
Pfeiffera boliviana
speciesPfeiffera boliviana
Pfeiffera miyagawae
speciesPfeiffera miyagawae
Pfeiffera asuntapatensis
speciesPfeiffera asuntapatensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 441977.