Tephrocacteae

Tephrocactus articulatus

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: Tephrocacteae
Genera: Austrocylindropuntia – Cumulopuntia – Maihueniopsis – Pterocactus – Punotia – Tephrocactus

Name

Tephrocacteae Doweld, Sukkulenty 1(2): 26. (1999)

• Type genus: Tephrocactus Lem.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Austrocylindropuntieae R.S.Wallace & S.L.Dickie (2002)
    • Type genus: Austrocylindropuntia Backeb.
  • Pterocacteae Kuntze in Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 672. (1903)
    • Type genus: Pterocactus K.Schum.

References

• Doweld, A.B. 1999. Tribal taxonomy of Pereskioideae and Opuntioideae (Cactaceae). Synopsis tribuum Pereskioidearum Opuntioidearumque. Sukkulenty 1999(2): 25–26. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Hunt, D. 2011. Classification of the ‘cylindroid’ opuntias of South America. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 25: 5–29. 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. 

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