Maihueniopsis

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Tephrocacteae
Genus:
Species: M. archiconoidea – M. atacamensis – M. camachoi – M. clavarioides – M. colorea – M. conoidea – M. crassispina – M. darwinii – M. domeykoensis – M. glochidata – M. glomerata – M. grandiflora – M. hickenii – M. leoncito – M. minuta – M. molfinoi – M. ovata – M. platycantha – M. reicheana – M. wagenknechtii

Maihueniopsis Speg., Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 99: 86. (1925)

• Type species: Maihueniopsis molfinoi Speg. (1925)

• Homotypic
  • Tephrocactus subg. Maihueniopsis (Speg.) G.D.Rowley, Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 46. 2006.

• Heterotypic
  • Opuntia [infragen. unranked] Glomeratae Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 144. (1837), p.p.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Opuntia ser. Clavarioides Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 72. (1919)[1].
    • Type species: Opuntia clavarioides Pfeiff.
  • Opuntia ser. Pentlandianae Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 1: 90. (1919)[2].
    • Type species: non design.
  • Pseudotephrocactus Frič & Schelle, in Frič, Akklimatisations und Versuchs-Garten. Bestellzettel [supplement]: [1]. (1933) see also Austrocylindropuntia Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 5(6): 21 (1938)
    • Type species: Opuntia ovata Pfeiff.
  • Puna R.Kiesling, Hickenia 1: 289. (1982)
    • Type species: Puna clavarioides (Pfeiff.) R.Kiesling

The spelling Maihuenopsis is sometimes seen. The spelling used in International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is followed here.

• Spegazzini, C.L. 1925. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 99: 86.

• Guerrero, P.C. & Walter, H.E. 2019. Nomenclatural novelties and a new species in Chilean Cactaceae. Phytotaxa 392(1): 89-92. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.392.1.11 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 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. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Maihueniopsis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Maihueniopsis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2022. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Maihueniopsis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 19. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Maihueniopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2022. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Maihueniopsis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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