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Aylostera is a genus of cactus, native to central Bolivia and north western Argentina. Aylostera was formerly sunk into a broadly circumscribed genus Rebutia, but molecular phylogenetic studies from 2007 onwards showed that when defined in this way, Rebutia was not monophyletic, leading to the resurrection of Aylostera. A 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae placed it as the only genus in the subtribe Aylosterinae. It was formerly placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae.
Aylostera species are native to Bolivia and north-western Argentina. They are found on the cordilleras to the east of the Andes, from 17° south to 26° south, in montane dry forests, shrublands and dry puna grasslands.
Aylostera albiflora · Aylostera albopectinata · Aylostera atrovirens · Aylostera deminuta · Aylostera einsteinii · Aylostera fiebrigii · Aylostera flavistyla · Aylostera fusca · Aylostera heliosa · Aylostera hoffmannii · Aylostera kupperiana · Aylostera leucanthema
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