Cylindropuntieae

Cylindropuntia bigelovii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genera: Corynopuntia – Cylindropuntia – Grusonia – Micropuntia – Pereskiopsis – Quiabentia

Name

Cylindropuntieae Doweld Sukkulenty 1(2): 25. (1999)

• Type genus: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 117, 410 (1936)

References

Primary references

• Doweld, A.B. 1999. Tribal taxonomy of Pereskioideae and Opuntioideae (Cactaceae). Synopsis tribuum Pereskioidearum Opuntioidearumque. Sukkulenty 1999(2): 25–26. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1908. A preliminary treatment of the Opuntioideae of North America (Vol. 4). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 50(34): 503–539. hdl: 10088/23301 . BHL Reference page. 
• Majure, L.C., Baker, M.A., Cloud-Hughes, M.A., Salywon, A.M. & Neubig, K.M. 2019. Phylogenomics in Cactaceae: A case study using the chollas sensu lato (Cylindropuntieae, Opuntioideae) reveals a common pattern out of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. American Journal of Botany 106(10): 1327–1345. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1364 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

English: Chollas

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