Pfeiffera

Pfeiffera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, found in Bolivia and northwest Argentina.^[1] There has been some debate about the circumscription of the genus. It is placed in the tribe Echinocereeae.^[2]

Pfeiffera
Pfeiffera monacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Echinocereeae
Genus:	Pfeiffera Salm-Dyck
Type species
Pfeiffera ianthothele
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Bolivihanburya Guiggi

The genus name of Pfeiffera is in honour of Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877), a German physician, botanist and conchologist.^[3] It was first described and published in Cact. Hort. Dyck., edt. 1844 on page 40 in 1845.^[1]

Species

The following species are accepted:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Pfeiffera asuntapatensis (M.Kessler, Ibisch & Barthlott) Ralf Bauer	Bolivia
	Pfeiffera boliviana (Britton) D.R.Hunt	Bolivia.
	Pfeiffera ianthothele F.A.C.Weber	Bolivia to NW. Argentina
	Pfeiffera miyagawae Barthlott & Rauh	Bolivia.
	Pfeiffera monacantha (Griseb.) P.V.Heath	Bolivia to NW. Argentina
	Pfeiffera paranganiensis (Cárdenas) P.V.Heath	Bolivia