Corryocactus

Corryocactus
Close-up of Corryocactus squarrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Echinocereeae
Genus:	Britton & Rose
Type species
Corryocactus brevistylus
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Corryocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.) Erdisia Britton & Rose Eulychnocactus Backeb. (nom. inval.)

Corryocactus is a genus of cacti. The genus was formerly placed in the tribe Notocacteae. It has also been placed in the tribe Echinocereeae. A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study excluded the genus from the "core" Echinocereeae, commenting that it lay "outside of a well-supported larger clade in our analysis".^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Corryocactus apiciflorus (Vaupel) Hutchison	Peru
	Corryocactus aureus (Meyen) Hutchison	Peru
	Corryocactus ayacuchoensis Rauh & Backeb.	Peru
	Corryocactus brachypetalus (Vaupel) Britton & Rose	Bolivia
	Corryocactus brevistylus (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Britton & Rose	Chile, Peru
	Corryocactus chachapoyensis (Ochoa & Backeb.) Ochoa & Backeb. ex D.R.Hunt	Peru
	Corryocactus dillonii A.Pauca & Quip.	Peru
	Corryocactus erectus (Backeb.) F.Ritter	Peru
	Corryocactus melanotrichus (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose	Bolivia
	Corryocactus pulquinensis Cárdenas	Peru
	Corryocactus serpens F.Ritter	Peru
	Corryocactus squarrosus (Vaupel) Hutchison	Peru
	Corryocactus tarijensis Cárdenas	Bolivia

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with this genus:

• Corryocereus Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)
• Erdisia Britton & Rose
• Eulychnocactus Backeb. (nom. inval.)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corryocactus.

• Corryocactus ayacuchoensis photo
• Corryocactus brevistylus subsp. puquiensis photo