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    Opuntioideae is a subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae. It contains 15 genera divided into five tribes. The subfamily encompasses roughly 220–250...
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    Pereskiopsis (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Pereskiopsis is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) in the subfamily Opuntioideae. Unlike typical cacti, it has persistent fleshy leaves. The genus name...
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    mostly fall into one of two groups of "core cacti": opuntias (subfamily Opuntioideae) and "cactoids" (subfamily Cactoideae). Most members of these two groups...
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    subfamilies: Pereskioideae (consisting only of the genus Pereskia), Opuntioideae, Maihuenioideae (consisting only of the genus Maihuenia) and Cactoideae...
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  • species. The genus Opuntia is within the tribe Opuntieae of the subfamily Opuntioideae, in the family Cactaceae. Species of Opuntia currently accepted, with...
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    Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. It may have been endemic to Mexico, but has been widely introduced. The first...
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    not easily detachable, but on certain cacti, members of the subfamily Opuntioideae, smaller, detachable bristles, glochids, also grow out of the areoles...
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    prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae. Cactus glochids easily detach from the plant and lodge in the skin,...
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    often reflect this (e.g. "bull nettle"). Many cacti of the sub-family Opuntioideae feature fine, loosely attached short spines called glochids. When the...
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    Tephrocactus articulatus is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae of the plant family Cactaceae. They usually grow branches up to one foot...
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    under the genus Tephrocactus. It is also classified under the subfamily Opuntioideae. It is native to Argentina Catamarca (Angostura de Guanchim and Tinogasta)...
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    cactus spines shade the apical meristem in summer, and in members of the Opuntioideae, glochids insulate the apical meristem in winter. Agrawal et al. (2000)...
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    Opuntia (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Mill. Species Many, see List of Opuntia...
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    Pereskiopsis diguetii (category Opuntioideae)
    synonym Pereskiopsis spathulata, is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae. Terrazas, T. & Arias, S. 2017. Pereskiopsis diguetii (amended version...
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    Opuntioideae...
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    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. huajuapensis Binomial name...
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    Airampoa (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Airampoa Frič 1929 Type species Airampoa corrugata...
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  • Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. inaequilateralis Binomial...
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  • Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. rzedowskii Binomial name...
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    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. spinosibacca Binomial name...
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    Austrocylindropuntia subulata (category Opuntioideae)
    Austrocylindropuntia subulata is a species of cactus native to the Peruvian Andes. The Latin specific epithet subulata means "awl-like", referring to the...
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    Albesiano, Sofía; Violet, Leopoldo Arrieta (2018-03-15). "El género Opuntia (Opuntioideae–Cactaceae) en el departamento de Santander, Colombia". Biota Colombiana...
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  • Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. mantaroensis Binomial name...
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    Salmonopuntia (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Salmonopuntia P.V.Heath 1999 Type species Salmiopuntia...
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  • Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Opuntia Species: O. lagunae Binomial name Opuntia...
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    Brasiliopuntia (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Opuntieae Genus: Brasiliopuntia (K.Schum.) A.Berger Species: B...
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    "Cytogeography of the humifusa clade of Opuntia S.S. Mill. 1754 (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae, Opuntieae): Correlations with pleistocene refugia and morphological...
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    Dactylopius Costa (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and their cacti hosts (Cactaceae: Opuntioideae). Neotropical Entomology 40(1), 62-71. Family:Dactylopiidae. Archived...
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  • Ramiro (January 8, 2021). "Opuntia tehuacana and O. olmeca (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae) are to be considered as ascribed to a single species: morphological...
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    Cylindropuntia (category Opuntioideae genera)
    Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Opuntioideae Tribe: Cylindropuntieae Genus: Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth Species...
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