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]

Notocacteae
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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Description

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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

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Image Genus Synonyms Living species
  Copiapoa Britton & Rose,1922 Pilocopiapoa
33 species:
  Eriosyce Phil. 1872 Chilenia, Chileniopsis, Horridocactus, Islaya, Neochilenia, Neoporteria, Pyrrhocactus, Reicheocactus, Rodentiophila, Thelocephala
56 species:
  Neowerdermannia Fric, 1930
  Parodia Speg. 1923 Brasilicactus, Brasiliparodia Echinocactus subg. Notocactus, Eriocactus, Notocactus, Wigginsia
66 species:
  Yavia R.Kiesling & Piltz 2001
  • Yavia cryptocarpa R.Kiesling & Piltz

References

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  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.