Tephrocacteae

Tephrocacteae
	Tephrocactus geometricus
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Tephrocacteae
Scientific name
	Tephrocacteae
	Doweld

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

description

The species of the tribe Tephrocacteae grow in groups up to cushions or as small shrubs or individually. They are rarely geophytic . The cylindrical shoots branch in the middle or towards the tip. The areoles on it are somewhat sunk into the shoots. The somewhat angular to irregular seeds have a sponge-like modified or hair-like funiculus covering .

Systematics and distribution

The tribe Tephrocacteae is common in the Andes in southern South America . It was set up in 1999 by Alexander Borissovitch Doweld .

The following genera belong to the tribe:

Maihueniopsis Speg.
Tephrocactus Lem.

proof

Individual evidence

↑ Succulent . Volume 1, Number 2, 1999, p. 26.
^ 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] Succulent . Volume 1, Number 2, 1999, p. 26.

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