Cereinae

Cereus jamacaru

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genera: Arrojadoa – Brasilicereus – Cereus – Cipocereus – Coleocephalocereus – Estevesia – Leocereus – Melocactus – Micranthocereus – Pierrebraunia – Pilosocereus – Praecereus – Stephanocereus – Xiquexique

Name

Cereinae Britton & Rose (1920)

• Type genus: Cereus Mill.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Disocactinae Buxb., Madroño 14: 183. 1958.
    • Type genus: Disocactus Lindl.
  • Melocactinae (Salm-Dyck) Doweld, Turczaninowia 5(1): 9. 2002.
    • Type genus: Melocactus Link & Otto, nom. cons.
  • Pilosocereinae Doweld, Turczaninowia 5(1): 9. 2002.
    • Type genus: Pilosocereus Byles & Rowley

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1920. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 2. 239 pp. + 39 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 2: 1.

Additional references

• Fantinati, M.R., Soffiatti, P. & Calvente, A. 2021. A New Phylogenetic Hypothesis for Cereinae (Cactaceae) Points to a Monophyletic Subtribe. Systematic Botany DOI: 10.1600/036364421X16312068417020 Reference page. 
• Lavor, P., Versieux, L.M. & Calvente, A. 2020. Phylogenetic Relationships of Pilosocereus (Cactaceae) and Taxonomic Implications. PlantNow 1(2): 52–70. ResearchGate 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. 

Vernacular names

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