Opuntioideae

Cumulopuntia boliviana

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 – Opuntieae – Tephrocacteae

Name

Opuntioideae Burnett, Outl. Bot. 742, 1130. (1835)

• Type genus: Opuntia L.

References

• Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. Vol. 1–2, 1190 pp., London: John Churchill. Internet Archive Reference page. : 742, 1130.
• 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. 
• Köhler, M., Reginato, M., Souza-Chies, T.T. & Majure, L.C. 2020. Insights into chloroplast genome evolution across Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) reveals robust yet sometimes conflicting phylogenetic topologies. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 729. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00729 Reference page. 
• Hunt, D. 2011. Classification of the ‘cylindroid’ opuntias of South America. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 25: 5–29. 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. 
• Tephrocactus Study Group 2016. The TSG preferred list of names for small South American Opuntioids Published on the internet.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Feigenkakteen
magyar: Fügekaktuszformák
日本語: ウチワサボテン亜科

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