Cactoideae
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| Cactoideae | |
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| Mammillaria elongata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
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Cactoideae is the largest subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Plants highly variable in habit, treelike, shrubby, caespitose,
climbing, or epiphytic, from 1 cm up to 20 m high. Reproductive zones usually undifferentiated, sometimes differentiated or specific cephalium produced. Leaves absent, rarely vestigial. Glochids absent. Spines usually present, rarely absent. Flowers sessile, diurnal or nocturnal; 1 - 30 cm in diameter, white, yellow, orange, red, purple, pink, brown. Blue coloured flowers absent. Fruits usually fresh, berrylike, seeds small, 0,1 - 2 mm large.
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