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''