Mirabella (plant)

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Mirabella
Cereus estevesii.jpg
Mirabella estevesii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mirabella
F.Ritter [1]
Type species
Mirabella albicaulis
Species

See text.

Synonyms [2]

Cereus subg. Mirabella(F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor

Mirabella is a former genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Brazil. [3] The genus was erected by Friedrich Ritter in 1979. [1] It has been reclassified as the subgenus Mirabella of the genus Cereus . [2] This taxonomic change is excepted by the Plants of the World Online.

Former species

ImageNameDistribution
Cereus albicaulis.jpg Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.RitterNortheast and Southeast Brazil.
Mirabella alex-bragae (P.J.Braun & Esteves) GuiggiGoias
Cereus estevesii.jpg Mirabella estevesii (P.J.Braun) GuiggiMinas Gerais, Brazil.
Cereus mirabella N.P.Taylor (Mirabella minensis Ritter).jpg Mirabella minensis F.RitterBrazil.

References

  1. 1 2 "Mirabella F.Ritter", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2021-12-15
  2. 1 2 "Mirabella F. Ritter", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2021-12-15
  3. ↑ "Mirabella F.Ritter", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2021-12-15
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