Cactaceae

Translingual

Pachycereus pringlei
(subfamily Cactoideae)

Etymology

From Cactus (“obsolete genus of succulents”) +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Cactaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the cacti and related plants.

Hypernyms

(family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order

Hyponyms

(family): Cactoideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae, Pereskioideae - (subfamilies)
- Mammilaria - type genus; see Cactaceae on WikispeciesWikispecies for other genera.

References

Cactaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cactaceae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Cactaceae at the Catalogue of Life
Cactaceae at the Tree of Life Web Project
Cactaceae at Encyclopedia of Life
Cactaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Cactaceae at APWeb
Cactaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Cactaceae at Tropicos
Cactaceae at Fossilworks

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