Cactaceae
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Pachycereus pringlei
(subfamily Cactoideae)
Translingual
(subfamily Cactoideae)
Etymology
From Cactus (“obsolete genus of succulents”) + -aceae.
Proper noun
Cactaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – cacti and related plants.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Cactoideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae, Pereskioideae - (subfamilies)
- Mammillaria - type genus; see
Cactaceae on WikispeciesWikispecies for other genera.
- Mammillaria - type genus; see
References
Cactaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cactaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cactaceae at the Catalogue of Life
- Cactaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cactaceae at APWeb
- Cactaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Cactaceae at Tropicos
- Cactaceae at Paleobiology Database
