Notocacteae

Notocacteae
Copiapoa humilis
Systematics
Eudicotyledons Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Cactoideae Tribe : Notocacteae
Scientific name
Notocacteae
Buxb.

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

description

Notocacteae are mostly single, rarely tree-like or shrubby plants. Their mostly spherical, not articulated shoots are ribbed, ribbed-warty or warty. The small to medium-sized, polysymmetrical to asymmetrical flowers open during the day. Your pericarpel has small scales. The areoles have bristles or hairs. The bursting or non-bursting fruits are usually dry and rarely berry-like. The small to medium-sized seeds are of various shapes. The hilum and micropyle of the seeds are fused together, a strophiole is often present, and a slimy covering is sometimes present.

Systematics and distribution

The tribe Notocacteae is common in the south of South America . It was set up in 1958 by Franz Buxbaum . The following genera belong to the tribe:

• Austrocactus Britton & Rose
• Blossfeldia Werderm.
  • Blossfeldia liliputana Werderm.
• Cintia Kníže & Říha
  • Cintia knizei Říha
• Corryocactus Britton & Rose
• Copiapoa Britton & Rose
• Eriosyce Phil.
• Eulychnia Phil.
• Frailea Britton & Rose
• Neowerdermannia Frič
• Parodia Speg.
• Yavia R. Kiesling & Piltz
  • Yavia cryptocarpa R. Kiesling & Piltz

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 .

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