Cactaceae

Cactaceae (a vocabulo Graeco κάκτος^[1]) sunt familia plantarum florentium ordinis Caryophyllalium, cui familiae sunt circa 1750 species in circa 127 genera digestae.^[2] Cactaceae in America ab australi Patagoniae regione ad septentriones Canadae occidentalis regiones endemicae sunt, Rhipsali baccifera excepta, quae etiam in Africa et Taprobane habitat. Commune sed in taxinomia Linnaeana invalidum plurimarum specierum nomen est cactus tantum.

Echinopsis mamillosa

Plantae — Angiospermae

Eudicotyledones
Ordo : Caryophyllales
Familia : Cactaceae

Palaeontologia

Subdivisiones: Subfamiliae

*Cactoideae

Cactaceae sunt plantae caule spinoso, plerumque rotunda vel columnis vel et arbori similis. Nonnullae intra corpus habent carnem vel pulpam ac succum; sunt et quae flores conspicuos aut fructus edules ferunt. Inter succulentas numerantur.

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