Opuntioideae

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia:
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae – Opuntieae – Tephrocacteae

Opuntioideae Burnett, Outl. Bot. 742, 1130. (1835) as Opuntidae

• Type genus: Opuntia L.

• Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. Vol. 1–2. London: John Churchill: 1190 pp. Internet Archive Reference page. : 742, 1130.

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1908. A preliminary treatment of the Opuntioideae of North America (Vol. 4). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 50(34): 503–539. hdl: 10088/23301 . BHL Reference page. 
• Köhler, M., Reginato, M., Souza-Chies, T.T. & Majure, L.C. 2020. Insights into chloroplast genome evolution across Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) reveals robust yet sometimes conflicting phylogenetic topologies. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 729. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00729 Reference page. 
• Hunt, D. 2011. Classification of the ‘cylindroid’ opuntias of South America. Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 25: 5–29. 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. 
• Ritz, C.M., Reiker, J., Charles, G., Hoxey, P., Hunt, D., Lowry, M., Stuppy, W. & Taylor, N. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and character evolution in terete-stemmed Andean opuntias (Cactaceae− Opuntioideae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65(2): 668-681. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.027 PDF Reference page. 

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Opuntioideae. Published online. Accessed: July 22 2025. Reference page.
• Tephrocactus Study Group 2016. The TSG preferred list of names for small South American Opuntioids Published on the internet.

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