Parodia

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Parodia

Parodia magnifica

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Notocacteae
Genus:	Parodia Speg.

Species

Parodia alacriportana
Parodia buiningii
Parodia concinna
Parodia erinacea
Parodia fusca
Parodia herteri
Parodia leninghausii
Parodia linkii
Parodia magnifica
Parodia meonacantha
Parodia microsperma
Parodia nigrispina
Parodia oxycostata
Parodia procera
Parodia saint-pieana
Parodia sellowii
Parodia tenuicylindrica
Parodia turecekiana
Parodia werneri
etc.

Parodia is a genus of cacti. This genus has about 50 species, ranging from small globose plants to 1-m tall columnar cacti.

[edit] Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Parodia:

Acanthocephala Backeb.
Brasilicactus Backeb.
Brasiliparodia F.Ritter
Brasilocactus Fric (nom. inval.)
Chrysocactus Y.Itô (nom. inval.)
Dactylanthocactus Y.Itô
Eriocactus Backeb.
Eriocephala Backeb.
Friesia Fric (nom. inval.)
Hickenia Britton & Rose
Jauhisoparodia Gabriel Blackhat
Malacocarpus Salm-Dyck
Microspermia Fric
Neohickenia Fric
Notocactus (K.Schum.) Fric
Sericocactus Y.Itô
Wigginsia D.M.Porter

Note that the inclusion of Notocactus (the type genus of the tribe) into Parodia was a move of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Studies at the end of the 80's. This inclusion is still controversial today.