Cylindropuntieae
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The Cylindropuntieae are a tribe in the subfamily Opuntioideae from the cactus family .
description
The species of the tribe Cylindropuntieae grow shrubby or form cushions. The cylindrical shoots are well articulated and branch predominantly at their tips. Occasionally they form plants with a distinct trunk and lively side branches. The foliage leaves on it are succulent and persistent in the Pereskiopsis and Quiabentia species , while only short-lived leaf rudiments are formed in the remaining species. The thorns may or may not have a paper-like sheath.
Systematics and distribution
The tribe Cylindropuntieae is distributed from North America to the northeast of South America . It was set up in 1999 by Alexander Borissovitch Doweld .
The following genera belong to the tribe:
- Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) FMKnuth
- Grusonia F. Rchb. ex Britton & Rose
- Pereskiopsis Britton & Rose
- Quiabentia Britton & Rose
proof
Individual evidence
- ↑ Succulent . Volume 1, Number 2, 1999, p. 25.
- ^ 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 .