Parodia

Parodia
Parodia magnifica, Huntington Desert Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Notocacteae
Genus:	Parodia Speg.

Parodia is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the uplands of Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. This genus has about 50 species, many of which have been transferred from Eriocactus, Notocactus and Wigginsia. They range from small globose plants to 1 m (3 ft) tall columnar cacti. All are deeply ribbed and spiny, with single flowers at or near the crown. Some species produce offsets at the base. They are popular in cultivation, but must be grown indoors where temperatures fall below 10 °C (50 °F).^[1]

The genus is named after Domingo Parodi, one of the early investigators of the flora of Paraguay.^[2]

Synonyms

Acanthocephala Backeb. Brasilicactus Backeb. Brasiliparodia F.Ritter Brasilocactus Fric (nom. inval.) Chrysocactus Y.Itô (nom. inval.) Dactylanthocactus Y.Itô Eriocactus Backeb. Eriocephala Backeb. Friesia Fric (nom. inval.)

Hickenia Britton & Rose Jauhisoparodia Blackhat Malacocarpus Salm-Dyck Microspermia Fric Neohickenia Fric Notocactus (K.Schum.) Fric Sericocactus Y.Itô Wigginsia D.M.Porter

Note that the inclusion of Notocactus (the type genus of the tribe) into Parodia was a move of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study at the end of the 80's. This inclusion is still controversial today.

Species

Species of the genus Parodia according to Anderson (2005)

Subgenus Parodia Group Parodia s.str. Parodia aureicentra Parodia ayopayana Parodia chrysacanthion Parodia columnaris Parodia comarapana Parodia commutans Parodia formosa Parodia hausteiniana Parodia maassii Parodia microsperma Parodia microsperma subsp. microsperma Parodia microsperma subsp. horrida Parodia nivosa Parodia ocampoi Parodia penicillata Parodia pilayaensis Parodia procera Parodia ritteri Parodia saint-pieana Parodia schwebsiana Parodia stuemeri Parodia subterranea Parodia taratensis Parodia tilcarensis Parodia tuberculata Parodia uhligiana Group Notocactus (=Notocactus s.str. + Wigginsia) Parodia allosiphon Parodia arnostiana Parodia buiningii Parodia carambeiensis Parodia concinna Parodia concinna subsp. concinna Parodia concinna subsp. agnetae Parodia concinna subsp. blaauwiana Parodia crassigibba Parodia curvispina Parodia erinacea Parodia erubescens Parodia fusca Parodia herteri Parodia horstii Parodia langsdorfii Parodia linkii Parodia mammulosa Parodia mammulosa subsp. mammulosa Parodia mammulosa subsp. brasiliensis Parodia mammulosa subsp. erythracantha Parodia mammulosa subsp. eugeniae Parodia mammulosa subsp. submammulosa Parodia meonacantha Parodia mueller-melchersii Parodia mueller-melchersii subsp. mueller-melchersii Parodia mueller-melchersii subsp. gutierrezii Parodia mueller-melchersii subsp. winkleri Parodia muricata Parodia neoarechavaletae Parodia neohorstii Parodia nothominuscula Parodia nothorauschii Parodia ottonis Parodia ottonis subsp. ottonis Parodia ottonis subsp. horstii Parodia oxycostata Parodia oxycostata subsp. oxycostata Parodia oxycostata subsp. gracilis Parodia permutata Parodia rudibuenekeri Parodia rudibuenekeri subsp. rudibuenekeri Parodia rudibuenekeri subsp. glomerata Parodia rutilans Parodia rutilans subsp. rutilans Parodia rutilans subsp. veeniana Parodia scopa Parodia scopa subsp. scopa Parodia scopa subsp. marchesii Parodia scopa subsp. neobuenekeri Parodia scopa subsp. succinea Parodia sellowii Parodia stockingeri Parodia tabularis Parodia tabularis subsp. tabularis Parodia tabularis subsp. bommeljei Parodia tenuicylindrica Parodia turbinata Parodia turecekiana Parodia werdermanniana Parodia werneri Parodia werneri subsp. werneri Parodia werneri subsp. pleiocephala

Subgenus Eriocactus (Buxb.) F.H.Brandt Parodia leninghausii Parodia magnifica Parodia nigrispina Parodia schumanniana Parodia schumanniana subsp. schumanniana Parodia schumanniana subsp. claviceps Parodia warasii

Subgenus Brasilicactus (Buxb.) F.H.Brandt Parodia alacriportana Parodia alacriportana subsp. alacriportana Parodia alacriportana subsp. brevihamata Parodia alacriportana subsp. buenekeri Parodia alacriportana subsp. catarinensis Parodia haselbergii Parodia haselbergii subsp. haselbergii Parodia haselbergii subsp. graessneri Parodia rechensis

Gallery

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  Parodia herteri
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  Parodia warasii
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  Several plants of genus Parodia in Botanical garden Liberec
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  Parodia leninghausii in flower

References

1. RHS A–Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
2. Anderson 2001, p. 538.

• Biolib
• Universal biological indexer

Bibliography

• Anderson, Edward F. (2001). The Cactus Family. Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5.
• Innes, Clive (1995). "Cacti". Missing or empty |title= (help) In: Innes, Clive & Wall, Bill (1995). Cacti, Succulents and Bromeliads. London: Cassell for the Royal Horticultural Society. pp. 11–70. ISBN 978-0-304-32076-9.