Austrocylindropuntieae

Austrocylindropuntieae
	Austrocylindropuntia subulata; young plant
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Austrocylindropuntieae
Scientific name
	Austrocylindropuntieae
	RSWallace & SLDickie

The Austrocylindropuntieae are a tribe in the subfamily Opuntioideae from the cactus family .

description

The species of the tribe Austrocylindropuntieae grow upright and shrubby or form cushions. The cylindrical shoots branch at their base or in the middle. The leaf rudiments on it are persistent, the thorns have no paper-like sheath. The spherical to pear-shaped seeds have a weak funiculus rib .

Systematics and distribution

The tribe Austrocylindropuntieae is widespread in central and southern South America . It was set up in 2002 by Robert S. Wallace and Steven L. Dickie .

The following genera belong to the tribe:

Austrocylindropuntia Backeb.
Cumulopuntia F. Knight

proof

Individual evidence

^ RS Wallace, SL Dickie: Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA sequence variation in subfam. Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) . In: Succulent Plant Research . Volume 6, 2002, pp. 9-24.
^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 58 .

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 58 .

[1] RS Wallace, SL Dickie: Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA sequence variation in subfam. Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) . In: Succulent Plant Research . Volume 6, 2002, pp. 9-24.

[2] Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 58 .