Browningieae

Browningieae
Browningia candelaris
Systematics
Eudicotyledons Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Cactoideae Tribe : Browningieae
Scientific name
Browningieae
Buxb.

The Browningieae are a tribe in the subfamily Cactoideae from the cactus family .

description

Browningieae are large tree-like or shrubby plants. Their columnar shoots are articulated or not articulated. The ribs are usually very thorny . The medium to large flowers that appear on the side usually open at night. Your pericarpel has scales like roof tiles. The areoles have thorns or bristles. The fleshy fruits are not peeled, flaky, thorny or glabrous. The medium to large seeds are often wrinkled. The hilum and micropyle of the seeds are fused, an appendage is missing, and a slimy covering is sometimes present.

Systematics and distribution

The tribe Browningieae is widespread in the South American region of the Andes and on the Galápagos Islands . It was set up in 1966 by Franz Buxbaum .

The following genera belong to the tribe:

• Armatocereus Backeb.
• Brachycereus Britton & Rose
  • Brachycereus nesioticus
• Browningia Britton & Rose
• Jasminocereus Britton & Rose
  • Jasminocereus thouarsii
• Neoraimondia Britton & Rose
• Stetsonia Britton & Rose
  • Stetsonia coryne

proof

Individual evidence

1. ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 59 .

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 59 .

further reading

• WL Applequist, RS Wallace: Deletions in the plastid trn T- trn L intergenic spacer define clades within Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution . Volume 231, No. 1–4, Springer Vienna March 2002 doi : 10.1007 / s006060200017

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