Cactineae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Suborder Cactineae

applecactus
astrophytum
cactus
devilthorn
livingrock
lophophora
neolloydia
saguaro
schlumbergera
snakecactus
thelocactus
whiskerbush

Hierarchical position of the Suborder Cactineae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb
pub. 1826
  
   Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
  

Named members of the Suborder Cactineae

1
   Familia  Cactaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Cactus
  
 
2
   Subfamilia  Cactoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 43. Apr-Mai 1836.
3
   Subfamilia  Cereoideae Drude in Mart.
pub. Fl. Brasil. 4(2): 193. 1 Sep 1890.
  
4
   Subfamilia  Opuntioideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 742, 1130. Jun 1835.
  
5
   Subfamilia  Pereskioideae Engelm. in W.H. Brewer & S. Watson
pub. Bot. Calif. 1: 243. 1876.
6
   Subfamilia  Rhipsalidoideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 742, 1130. Jun 1835.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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