Blossfeldioideae

Blossfeldia liliputiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Blossfeldioideae
Genus: Blossfeldia

Name

Blossfeldioideae Crozier, Phytologia 86: 55. 2004.

• Type genus: Blossfeldia Werderm.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Blossfeldieae Crozier (2004)

References

Primary references

• Crozier, B. 2004. Phytologia 86: 56.

Additional references

• de Vos, J.M., Eggli, U., Nyffeler, R., Larridon, I., McGinnie, C., Epitawalage, N., Maurin, O., Forest, F. & Baker, W.J. 2025. Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes: JM de Vos et al. Plant Systematics and Evolution 311(5): 28. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-025-01948-z PDF Reference page. 
• Nyffeler, R. & Eggli, U. 2010. A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109–149. Full text (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Blossfeldioideae. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 29 2025. Reference page.

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