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Cacteae is a tribe of plants of the family Cactaceae found mainly in North America especially Mexico.[1] As of August 2018[update], the internal classification of the family Cactaceae remained uncertain and subject to change. A classification incorporating many of the insights from the molecular studies was produced by Nyffeler and Eggli in 2010.[2] The main threats to cactus species are poaching, farming, mining developments, and climate change.[3]
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Quick facts Scientific classification, Type genus ...
| Cacteae | |
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| Leuchtenbergia principis flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cacteae Rchb. |
| Type genus | |
| Mammillaria | |
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Description
The spherical to short columnar plants grow individually or in cushions. Their size varies from dwarf (Turbinicarpus) to huge (Ferocactus). The non-segmented shoot axis is ribbed (Echinocactus), warty (Coryphantha) or ribbed-warty. The size and shape of the warts ranges from long and leafy (Leuchtenbergia) to broad with flat axillae (Turbinicarpus). The areoles are usually oval, ribbon-like, grooved, or dimorphic. The small to medium-sized, regular to rarely bilaterally symmetrical flowers appear below the crown and open during the day. The fruits are fleshy to juicy berry-like, with a scaly to glabrous pericarp. They are bursting to non-bursting or simply crumbling. The small to large seeds vary in shape and surface structure of the seed coat.
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Genera
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The classification of cacti is in flux; the following list of genera is that from Nyffeler and Eggli (2010).[2]
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| Image | Genus | Living species |
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| Acharagma (N.P.Taylor) Zimmerman ex Glass |
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| Ariocarpus Scheidw. |
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| Astrophytum Lem. |
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| Aztekium Boed. |
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| Cochemiea (K.Brandegee) Walton[4] |
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| Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem. |
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| Echinocactus Link & Otto |
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| Epithelantha F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose |
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| Ferocactus Britton & Rose |
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| Geohintonia Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur. |
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| Homalocephala Britton & Rose |
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| Kadenicarpus Doweld[5] |
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| Kroenleinia Lodé |
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| Leuchtenbergia Hook. |
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| Lophophora J.M.Coult. |
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| Mammillaria Haw. |
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| Neolloydia Britton & Rose |
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| Obregonia Fric |
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| PediocactusBritton & Rose |
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| Pelecyphora C.Ehrenb. |
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| Rapicactus Buxb. & Oehme[5]) |
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| Sclerocactus Britton & Rose |
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| Stenocactus (K.Schum.) A.Berger |
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| Strombocactus Britton & Rose |
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| Thelocactus (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose |
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| Turbinicarpus (Backeb.) Buxb. & Backeb. |
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The type genus is Mammillaria.
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References
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