Cacti (Berger)

Alwin Berger's cacti

Kakteen is a work by Alwin Berger published in 1929 on the systematics of the cactus plants . It was published by Verlag Eugen Ulmer in Stuttgart and was part of the series Illustrated Handbooks of Succulent Plants published by Berger . It was illustrated with 105 pictures. In his classification of the cactus family , Alwin Berger accepted 41 genera .

content

Alwin Berger's work is divided into a general and a special part. The general part consists of the chapters:

• From the history of cactus science
• Life story of the cacti
• The development of the cacti
• Geographical distribution of the cacti
• Benefit of the cacti
• Classification and naming
• On the culture of the cacti

The chapter on the culture of cacti came from Eduard Wagner, the secretary of the Stuttgart branch of the German Cactus Society , after whom Berger named the species Echinocactus wagnerianus . The special part comprised Berger's systematics of the cactus plants.

Systematics

Alwin Berger followed Karl Moritz Schumann in his division of the cactus family , who classified the family in 1897 in his work Complete Description of Cacti into the now generally recognized subfamilies Pereskioideae , Opuntioideae and Cereoideae (today Cactoideae ). However, in contrast to Schumann, he divided the subfamily Cereoideae into the two tribe Rhipsalideae and Cereeae (today Cacteae ). The large genus Cereus , which he did not consider natural in this form , he divided into the two sections Hylocerei and Eucerei and six "clans" with a total of 51 subgenera.

• Subfamily Peireskioideae K.Sch.
  • Genus Peireskia Plum.
    • Subgenus Eupeireskia K.Sch.
    • Subgenus Rhodocactus Berger
  • Genus Maihuenia Phil.

• Subfamily Opuntioideae K.Sch.
  • Genus Quiabentia Br. U. R.
  • Genus Peireskiopsis Br. U. R.
  • Genus Opuntia Mill.
    • Subgenus Brasiliopuntia K.Sch.
    • Subgenus Cylindropuntia Eng.
    • Subgenus Consolea Lem.
    • Subgenus Platyopuntia Web.
  • Genus Nopalea Salm.
  • Genus Grusonia F.Rchb.
  • Genus Pterocactus K.Sch.

• Subfamily Cereoideae K.Sch.
  • Tribe Rhipsalideae K. Sch.
    • Genus Rhipsalis Gaertn.
      • Subgenus Eurhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Ophiorhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Goniorhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Phyllorhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Acanthorhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Calamorhipsalis K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Epallagogonium K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Trigonorhipsalis Berger
      • Subgenus Lepismium K.Sch.
    • Genus Hariota DC
    • Genus Erythrorhipsalis Berger
    • Genus Rhipsalidopsis Br. U. R.
    • Genus Epiphyllum Haw.
      • Subgenus Epiphyllopsis Berger
      • Subgenus Schlumbergera Lem.
      • Subgenus Zygocactus K.Sch.
    • Genus Epiphyllanthus Berger
  • Tribe Cereeae Berger
    • Subtribus Phyllocacteae Berger
      • Genus Wittia K. Sch.
      • Genus Disocactus Lindl.
      • Genus Phyllocactus Link.
        • Subgenus Chiapasia Br. U. R.
        • Subgenus Ackermannia K.Sch.
        • Subgenus Euphyllocactus K.Sch.
    • Subtribus Cereinae Berger
      • Genus Cereus Mill.
        • Hylocerei section
          • Subgenus Aporocactus Lem.
          • Subgenus Selenicereus Berger
          • Subgenus Deamia Br. U. R.
          • Subgenus Mediocactus Br. U. R.
          • Subgenus Werckleocereus Br. U. R.
          • Subgenus Weberocereus Br. U. R.
          • Subgenus Wilmattea Br. U. R.
          • Subgenus Hylocereus Berger
        • Section Eucerei
          • Tribe Pfeifferae Berger
            • Subgenus Pfeiffera Salm
            • Subgenus Erdisia Br. U. R.
          • Leptocerei Berger clan
            • Subgenus Leptocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Acanthocereus Eng.
            • Subgenus Dendrocereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Neoabbottia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Peniocereus Berger
          • Clan: Nyctocerei Berger
            • Subgenus Nyctocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Harrisia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Eriocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Heliocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Machaerocereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Rathbunia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Bergerocactus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Wilcoxia Br. U. R.
          • Trichocerei Berger clan
            • Subgenus Trichocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Eulychnia Phil.
            • Subgenus Oreocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Borzicactus Riccob.
            • Subgenus Cleistocactus Lem.
            • Subgenus Denmoza Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Arthrocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Chamaecereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Espostoa Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Corryocactus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Neoraimondia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Zehntnerella Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Leocereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Binghamia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Browningia Br. U. R.
          • Clan Gymnocerei Berger
            • Subgenus Stetsonia Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Jasminocereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Piptanthocereus Berger
            • Subgenus Monvillea Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Pilocereus Lem.
            • Subgenus Cephalocereus Pfeiff.
            • Subgenus Myrtillocactus Cons.
            • Subgenus Lophocereus Berger
          • Clan Pachycerei Berger
            • Subgenus Lemaireocereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Pachycereus Berger
            • Subgenus Lepidocereus Eng.
            • Subgenus Brachycereus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Escontria Br. U. R.
      • Genus Echinocereus Eng.
      • Genus Echinopsis Zucc.
      • Genus Arequipa Br. U. R.
      • Genus Lobivia Br. U. R.
      • Genus Rebutia K.Sch.
    • Subtribe Echinocacteae Berger
      • Subsubtribus Echinocacteinae
        • Genus Echinocactus Link
          • Trichocerei clan
            • Subgenus Eriosyce Phil.
            • Subgenus Neoporteria Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Oroya Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Matucana Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Parodia Speg
            • Subgenus Malacocarpus Salm
            • Subgenus Notocactus K. Sch.
            • Subgenus Copiapoa Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Pyrrhocactus Berger
            • Subgenus Austrocactus Br. U. R.
            • Subgenus Frailea Br. U. R.
          • Clan Gymnocerei
            • Subgenus Gymnocalycium Pfeiff.
          • Kinship Pachycerei
            • Erianthi Berger series
              • Subgenus Echinocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Homalocephala Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Astrophytum Lem.
            • Lepidanthi Berger series
              • Subgenus Ferocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Hamatocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Stenocactus K. Sch.
              • Subgenus Sclerocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Utahia Br. U. R.
            • Gymnanthi Berger series
              • Subgenus Strombocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Echinomastus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Thelocactus K. Sch.
              • Subgenus Pediocactus Br. U. R.
              • Subgenus Ancistrocactus Br. U. R.
      • Genus Lophophora Coulter
      • Genus Aztekium Böd.
      • Genus Obregonia Frič
      • Genus Epithelantha Web.
      • Genus Leuchtenbergia Hook.
      • Subsubtribus Melocacteinae
        • Genus Discocactus Pfeiff
        • Genus Melocactus Link u. Otto
    • Subtribus Mamillarieae K. Sch.
      • Genus Coryphantha Lem.
        • Subgenus Neolloydia Br. U. R.
        • Subgenus Eucoryphantha Berger
        • Subgenus Neobesseya Br. U. R.
        • Subgenus Escobaria Br. U. R.
    • Genus Roseocactus Berger
    • Genus Mamillopsis Web.
    • Genus Mamillaria Haw.
      • Subgenus Dolichothele K.Sch.
      • Subgenus Eumamillaria K. Sch.
    • Genus Porfiria Böd.
    • Genus Solisia Br. U. R.
    • Genus Pelecyphora Ehrenb.
    • Genus Cochemiea Walton
    • Genus Encephalocarpus Berger
    • Genus Ariocarpus Scheidw.

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 54 .
• Alexander Doweld, Werner Greuter: Nomenclatural Notes on Notocactus and on Alwin Berger's "Kakteen" . In: Taxon . Volume 50, Number 3, Golden Jubilee Part 5, 2001, pp. 879-885 ( JSTOR 1223717 ).
• Reto Nyffeler, Urs Eggli: Berger's "Kakteen". The End of a Nomenclatural Nightmare in Sight? In: Taxon . Volume 45, Number 2, 1996, pp. 301-304 ( JSTOR 1224673 ).