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Opuntioideae is a
subfamily of the
cactus family, Cactaceae. It
contains 15
genera divided into five tribes. The
subfamily encomp****es
roughly 220–250...
- species. The
genus Opuntia is
within the
tribe Opuntieae of the
subfamily Opuntioideae, in the
family Cactaceae.
Species of
Opuntia currently accepted, with...
- subfamilies:
Pereskioideae (consisting only of the
genus Pereskia),
Opuntioideae,
Maihuenioideae (consisting only of the
genus Maihuenia) and Cactoideae...
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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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Pereskiopsis is a
genus of
cactus (family Cactaceae) in the
subfamily Opuntioideae.
Unlike typical cacti, it has
persistent fleshy leaves. The
genus name...
- not
easily detachable, but on
certain cacti,
members of the
subfamily Opuntioideae, smaller,
detachable bristles, glochids, also grow out of the areoles...
- 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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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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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...
