{{Short description|Genus of cacti}} {{automatic taxobox |image =Loxanthocereus acanthurus ssp. faustianus.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Loxanthocereus faustianus]]'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Loxanthocereus |authority = [[Curt Backeberg|Backeb.]]<ref name="Plants of the World Online e785"/> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = see text |type_species =''[[Loxanthocereus acanthurus]]'' }}
'''''Loxanthocereus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Cactus|cacti]] [[native species|native]] to Peru.<ref name="Plants of the World Online e785"/>
==Species== Species of the genus ''Loxanthocereus'' according to [[Plants of the World Online]] {{as of|2023|July|lc=yes}}:<ref name="Plants of the World Online e785">{{cite web | title=''Loxanthocereus'' Backeb. | website=Plants of the World Online | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5396-1 | access-date=2023-08-01}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |[[File:Cleistocactus acanthurus0001.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Loxanthocereus acanthurus]]'' <small>(Vaupel) Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | ||''[[Loxanthocereus camanaensis]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | || ''[[Loxanthocereus clavispinus]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- |[[File:Loxanthocereus acanthurus ssp. faustianus.jpg|120px]]||''[[Loxanthocereus faustianus]]'' <small>(Backeb.) Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | ||''[[Loxanthocereus hoffmannii]]'' <small> F.Ritter</small>|| Peru |- | [[File:Loxanthocereus hoxeyi.jpg|frameless|179x179px]] |''[[Loxanthocereus hoxeyi]]'' <small> (G.J.Charles) Lodé</small>|| Peru |- |[[File:Borzicactus hystrix - University of California Botanical Garden - DSC08845.JPG|120px]] || ''[[Loxanthocereus hystrix]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | || ''[[Loxanthocereus jajoanus]]'' <small> (Backeb.) Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | [[File:Loxanthocereus pachycladus.jpg|frameless|179x179px]]|| ''[[Loxanthocereus pachycladus]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | || ''[[Loxanthocereus peculiaris]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- |[[File:Borzicactus (Loxanthocereus) nanus.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Loxanthocereus sextonianus]]'' <small>(Backeb.) Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- | [[File:Loxanthocereus sulcifer.jpg|frameless|179x179px]]|| ''[[Loxanthocereus sulcifer]]'' <small>Rauh & Backeb.</small>|| Peru |- |[[File:Loxanthocereus xylorhizus.jpg|120px]] || ''[[Loxanthocereus xylorhizus]]'' <small>F.Ritter</small>|| Peru |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Loxanthocereus|''Loxanthocereus''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Loxanthocereus|''Loxanthocereus''}} {{taxonbar|from=Q14946233}}
[[Category:Loxanthocereus| ]] [[Category:Cacti of South America]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Peru]] [[Category:Cereeae genera]]