''Browningia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of cacti, comprising 11 accepted and 3 unresolved

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

. It is named for Webster E Browning (1869-1942), director of the Instituto Inglés,

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...

, Chile.

Synonymy

Synonyms of this genus are: *''Azureocereus'' Akers & H.Johnson *''Castellanosia'' Cárdenas *''Gymnocereus'' Rauh & Backeb.

Species

* '' Browningia albiceps'' F.Ritter * '' Browningia altissima'' (F.Ritter) Buxb. * '' Browningia amstutziae'' (Rauh & Backeb.) Hutchison ex Krainz * '' Browningia caineana'' (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt * ''

Browningia candelaris ''Browningia candelaris'' is a species of cactus from northern Chile and southern Peru. It has a distinctive growth habit, with a straight spiny trunk topped by more-or-less spineless thinner branches. In some places, the long-term survival of l ...

'' (Meyen) Britton & Rose * ''

'' subsp. ''icaensis'' (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt * '' Browningia chlorocarpa'' (Kunth) W.T.Marshall * '' Browningia columnaris'' F.Ritter * '' Browningia hernandezii'' Fern.Alonso * ''

Browningia hertlingiana ''Browningia'' is a genus of cacti, comprising 11 accepted and 3 unresolved species. It is named for Webster E Browning (1869-1942), director of the Instituto Inglés, Santiago, Chile. Synonymy Synonyms of this genus are: *''Azureocereus'' A ...

'' (Backeb.) Buxb. * '' Browningia microsperma'' (Werderm. & Backeb.) W.T.Marshall * '' Browningia pilleifera'' (F.Ritter) Hutchison * '' Browningia riosaniensis'' (Backeb.) G.D.Rowley * '' Browningia utcubambensis'' Hutch. * '' Browningia viridis'' (Rauh & Backeb.) Buxb.

References

The Plant List.org: ''Browningia''
Cactoideae Cactoideae genera Cacti of South America Endemic flora of Chile {{Cactus-stub