Notocacteae

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Notocacteae
Notocactus uebelmannianus Prague 2011 1.jpg
Parodia werneri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Type genus
Notocactus
Genera

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Notocacteae is a tribe of cacti belonging to the subfamily Cactoideae. [1] It is one of the oldest cactus lineages endemic to South America. [2]

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Description

Notocacteae are mostly single, rarely tree-like or shrub-like plants. Their mostly spherical, non-articulated shoots are ribbed, ribbed-warty or warty. The small to medium-sized, polysymmetrical to disymmetrical flowers open during the day. Their pericarpel has small scales. The areoles bear bristles or hairs. The fruits that burst or do not burst are usually dry and rarely berry-like. The small to medium-sized seeds are diverse in shape. The hilum and micropyle of the seeds are fused together, a strophiole is often present, and a slimy coating is sometimes present.

Genera

ImageGenusSynonymsLiving species
Copiapoa cinerea 1.jpg Copiapoa Britton & Rose,1922Pilocopiapoa
33 species:
Eriosyce heinrichiana syn. Neochilenia occulta 2019-06-09 01.jpg Eriosyce Phil. 1872Chilenia, Chileniopsis, Horridocactus, Islaya, Neochilenia, Neoporteria, Pyrrhocactus, Reicheocactus, Rodentiophila, Thelocephala
56 species:
Flor de Copao Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe 12.jpg Eulychnia Phil.
Neowerdermannia peruviana.jpg Neowerdermannia Fric, 1930
Notocactus minimus.jpg Parodia Speg. 1923Brasilicactus, BrasiliparodiaEchinocactus subg. Notocactus, Eriocactus, Notocactus, Wigginsia
66 species:
Yavia cryptocarpa 03.jpg Yavia R.Kiesling & Piltz 2001
  • Yavia cryptocarpaR.Kiesling & Piltz

References

  1. Fleming, Theodore H.; Valiente-Banuet, Alfonso (August 2002). Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. University of Arizona Press. pp. 51–60. ISBN   978-0-8165-2204-0.
  2. Guerrero, Pablo C.; Walter, Helmut E.; Arroyo, Mary T. K.; Peña, Carol M.; Tamburrino, Italo; De Benedictis, Marta; Larridon, Isabel (June 2019). "Molecular phylogeny of the large South American genus Eriosyce (Notocacteae, Cactaceae): Generic delimitation and proposed changes in infrageneric and species ranks" . Taxon. 68 (3): 557–573. doi:10.1002/tax.12066. ISSN   0040-0262. S2CID   202864508.