Lobivia

Lobivia is a formerly recognized genus of cacti native to South America from Bolivia, Peru to northwestern Argentina and Northern Chile. As of November 2025^[update], it was considered by Plants of the World Online to be a synonym of the genus Echinopsis.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Lobivia was established by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1922.^[2] 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.^[3] A major 2025 classification of the family Cactaceae returned Lobivia to a synonym of Echinopsis,^[4] a view accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2025^[update].^[1]

Species

Species previously placed in the genus Lobivia include:^[5]

• Lobivia ancistrophora (Speg.) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis ancistrophora
• Lobivia arachnacantha Buining & F.Ritter → Echinopsis arachnacantha
• Lobivia ayopayana (F.Ritter & Rausch) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis ayopayana
• Lobivia backebergii (Werderm.) Blatt. → Echinopsis backebergii
• Lobivia bridgesii (Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis bridgesii
• Lobivia caineana Cárdenas → Echinopsis caineana
• Lobivia calorubra (Cárdenas) Rausch → Echinopsis calorubra
• Lobivia cardenasiana Rausch → Echinopsis cardenasiana
• Lobivia chrysochete (Werderm.) Wessner → Echinopsis chrysochete
• Lobivia cinnabarina (Hook.) Britton & Rose → Echinopsis cinnabarina
• Lobivia ferox Britton & Rose → Echinopsis ferox
• Lobivia hertrichiana Backeb. → Echinopsis hertrichiana
• Lobivia lateritia (Gürke) Britton & Rose → Echinopsis lateritia
• Lobivia mamillosa (Gürke) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis mamillosa
• Lobivia maximiliana (Heyder ex A.Dietr.) Backeb. ex Rausch → Echinopsis maximiliana
• Lobivia minutiflora (Rausch) Schlumpb. & M.Lowry → Echinopsis minutiflora
• Lobivia obrepanda (Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis obrepanda
• Lobivia pampana Britton & Rose → Echinopsis pampana
• Lobivia pamparuizii (Cárdenas) Schlumpb. → Echinopsis pamparuizii
• Lobivia pentlandii (Hook.) Britton & Rose → Echinopsis pentlandii
• Lobivia pereziensis (Cárdenas) Lodé → Echinopsis pereziensis
• Lobivia pugionacantha (Rose & Boed.) Backeb. → Echinopsis pugionacantha
• Lobivia rauschii Zecher → Echinopsis yuquina
• Lobivia schieliana Backeb. → Echinopsis schieliana
• Lobivia sucrensis (Cárdenas) Lodé → Echinopsis sucrensis
• Lobivia tegeleriana Backeb. → Echinopsis tegeleriana
• Lobivia tiegeliana Wessner → Echinopsis tiegeliana