Cylindropuntieae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genera: Corynopuntia – Cylindropuntia – Grusonia – Micropuntia – Pereskiopsis – Quiabentia

Name

Cylindropuntieae Doweld Sukkulenty 1(2): 25. (1999)

Type genus: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 117, 410 (1936)

References

Doweld, A.B. 1999. Tribal taxonomy of Pereskioideae and Opuntioideae (Cactaceae). Synopsis tribuum Pereskioidearum Opuntioidearumque. Sukkulenty 1999(2): 25–26. Reference page.
Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1908. A preliminary treatment of the Opuntioideae of North America (Vol. 4). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 50(34): 503–539. hdl: 10088/23301 Open access. BHL Reference page.
Majure, L.C., Baker, M.A., Cloud‐Hughes, M., Salywon, A. & Neubig, K.M. 2019. Phylogenomics in Cactaceae: A case study using the chollas sensu lato (Cylindropuntieae, Opuntioideae) reveals a common pattern out of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. American Journal of Botany 106(10), pp.1327-1345. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1364 Open access Reference page.
Nyffeler, R. & Eggli, U. 2010. A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109–149. Full text (PDF). Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Chollas