The Rebutiinae are a tribe of cacti belonging to the Cactoideae subfamily.[1]

Rebutiinae
Browningia candelaris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Rebutiinae
Donald (1955)
Type genus
Rebutia
Genera

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Synonyms

Browningieae Buxb. 1966

Description

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Rebutiinae are large tree-like or shrubby plants. Their columnar shoots are articulated or not articulated. The ribs are usually heavily spined. The medium to large flowers appearing on the side usually open at night. Their pericarpel has imbricated scales. The areoles have thorns or bristles. The fleshy fruits are not bursting, scaly, thorned or glabrous. The medium-sized to large seeds are often wrinkled. The hilum and micropyle of the seeds are fused, an appendage is absent, and a mucous sheath is sometimes present.

Genera

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Image Genus Living species
  Aylostera Speg.
27 species:
  Browningia Britton & Rose
  Gymnocalycium Pfeiff. ex Mittler
68 species:
Lasiocereus F.Ritter
  Rebutia K.Schum.
(including Weingartia)
20 species:
  Stetsonia Britton & Rose
  Uebelmannia Buining

References

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  1. ^ Mauseth, James D. (1996-09-15). "Comparative Anatomy of Tribes Cereeae and Browningieae (Cactaceae)". Bradleya. 14 (14): 66–81. doi:10.25223/brad.n14.1996.a9. ISSN 0265-086X. S2CID 90113731.