Opuntieae

Opuntia ficus-indica

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: Opuntieae
Genera: Airampoa – Brasiliopuntia – Consolea – Miqueliopuntia – Opuntia – Salmonopuntia – Tacinga

Name

Opuntieae DC., Prodr. 3: 458 (1828).

• Type genus: Opuntia L.
  

Note: Airampoa Frič (1929) and Tunilla D.R.Hunt & Iliff, (2000) are congeneric, but Airampoa (1929) has priority ICN Art. 11.3 unless there is limitation of priority by conservation or protection.

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1828. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 3: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines XXVI. 494 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 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. 
• Doweld, A.B. 2002. О роде Airampoa Frič (Opuntioideae–Cactaceae) [On the genus Airampoa Frič (Opuntioideae–Cactaceae)]. Turczaninowia 5(2): 26–31. (Russian) 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Airampoa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Tunilla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug. 4. Reference page. 

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