Cactoideae

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia:
Tribus: Blossfeldieae – Cacteae – Cereeae – Copiapoeae – Echinocereeae – Fraileeae – Hylocereeae – Lymanbensonieae – Notocacteae – Rhipsalideae

Cactoideae Eaton, Bot. Dict. ed. 4: 43 (1836) (“Cacteae”)

• Typus: Cactus L., nom. rej. vide Mammillaria Haw. (1812), nom. cons.
  

Note: See Discussion Page and References, but the above list of tribes is likely to change.

• Eaton, A. 1836. Eatons’ Botanical Grammar and Dictionary, modernized down to 1836: published for a companion of Steeles’s seventh edition of the Manual of Botany. Ed. 4. Albany: O. Steele. 125 pp. Google Books Reference page. 

• Guerrero, P.C., Majure, L.C., Cornejo-Romero, A. & Hernández-Hernández, T. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary trends in the Cactus family. Journal of Heredity 110(1): 4-21. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esy064 PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hernández-Hernández, T., Hernández, H.M., De-Nova, J.A., Puente, R., Eguiarte, L.E. & Magallón, S. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of growth form in Cactaceae (Caryophyllales, Eudicotyledoneae). American Journal of Botany 98: 44–61. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000129 Reference page. 
• Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., Mering, S. v., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler R., Ocampo G., Ochoterena, H., Oxelman, B., Rabeler, R. K., Sanchez, A., Schlumpberger, B. O. & Uotila, P. 2015. A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Willdenowia 45(3): 281–383. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45301 Reference page. 
• Martínez-Quezada, D. M., Arias, S., Korotkova, N. & Terrazas, T. 2020. The phylogenetic significance of the stem morpho-anatomy in the Hylocereeae (Cactoideae, Cactaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 306, 8, DOI: 10.1007/s00606-020-01639-x Reference page. 
• Nyffeler, R. & Eggli, U. 2010. A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109–149. Full text (PDF). Reference page. 

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cactoideae. Published online. Accessed: July 22 2025. Reference page. pending
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 

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