Cereeae

Cereeae
Cereus jamacaru
Systematics
Eudicotyledons Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Cactoideae Tribe : Cereeae
Scientific name
Cereeae
Salm-Dyck

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

description

Cereeae are tree-like or shrubby growing, sometimes climbing plants. Their mostly elongated to spherical, ribbed and thorny shoots are not articulated. The flowers , which usually appear on the side of the shoot, open during the day or at night. Your pericarpel usually has a few scales or is completely bare. The fleshy, berry-like, bursting or not bursting fruits often have a black adherent remnant of flowers. The small to large seeds are oval. Hilum and micropyle of the seeds are fused together, an appendage is missing.

Systematics and distribution

The Tribus Cereeae was set up in 1845 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck . Their representatives are mainly found in the east of South America . The following genera belong to the tribe:

• Arrojadoa Britton & Rose
• Brasilicereus Backeb.
• Cereus Mill.
• Cipocereus F. Knight
• Coleocephalocereus Backeb.
• Melocactus Link & Otto
• Micranthocereus Backeb.
• Pierrebraunia Esteves
• Pilosocereus Byles & GDRowley
• Praecereus Buxb.
• Stephanocereus A. Berger
• Uebelmannia Buining

proof

literature

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

Individual evidence

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

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