Lobivia
Lobivia is a formerly recognized genus of cacti native to South America from Bolivia, Peru to northwestern Argentina and Northern Chile., it was considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of the genus Echinopsis.
Taxonomy
The genus Lobivia was established by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1922. Its status as an independent genus has varied. In the CITES Cactaceae Checklists prior to 2016, it was treated as a synonym of Echinopsis. In the 3rd edition of 2016, it was restored as an independent genus based on a 2012 phylogenetic study. A major 2025 classification of the family Cactaceae returned Lobivia to a synonym of Echinopsis, a view accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 2025.Species
Species previously placed in the genus Lobivia include:- Lobivia ancistrophora → Echinopsis ancistrophora
- Lobivia arachnacantha → Echinopsis arachnacantha
- Lobivia ayopayana → Echinopsis ayopayana
- Lobivia backebergii → Echinopsis backebergii
- Lobivia bridgesii → Echinopsis bridgesii
- Lobivia caineana → Echinopsis caineana
- Lobivia calorubra → Echinopsis calorubra
- Lobivia cardenasiana → Echinopsis cardenasiana
- Lobivia chrysochete → Echinopsis chrysochete
- Lobivia cinnabarina → Echinopsis cinnabarina
- Lobivia ferox → Echinopsis ferox
- Lobivia hertrichiana → Echinopsis hertrichiana
- Lobivia lateritia → Echinopsis lateritia
- Lobivia mamillosa → Echinopsis mamillosa
- Lobivia maximiliana → Echinopsis maximiliana
- Lobivia minutiflora → Echinopsis minutiflora
- Lobivia obrepanda → Echinopsis obrepanda
- Lobivia pampana → Echinopsis pampana
- Lobivia pamparuizii → Echinopsis pamparuizii
- Lobivia pentlandii → Echinopsis pentlandii
- Lobivia pereziensis → Echinopsis pereziensis
- Lobivia pugionacantha → Echinopsis pugionacantha
- Lobivia rauschii → Echinopsis yuquina
- Lobivia schieliana → Echinopsis schieliana
- Lobivia sucrensis → Echinopsis sucrensis
- Lobivia tegeleriana → Echinopsis tegeleriana
- Lobivia tiegeliana → ''Echinopsis tiegeliana''