Further Studies in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae)

About this book

Volume 8 in the series Succulent Plant Research contains a collection of articles detailing further studies done on the Opuntioideae, a subfamily of the cactus family. See the table of contents for more details.

Contents

Dedication   6
Editorial   7
Index of illustrations   8

- Phylogenetic relationships and morphological evolution in Opuntia s. str. and closely related members of tribe Opuntieae / Lucas C. Majure & Raul Puente   9
- Cytogenetic characterization of southern South American species of Opuntia (Cactaceae–Opuntioideae) / M. Florencia Realini, Alexandra M. Gottlieb, Fabián Font, Pablo I. Picca, Lidia Poggio, & Graciela González   31
- A revision of Opuntia series Armatae K. Schum. (Opuntia ser. Elatae Britton & Rose) (Cactaceae-Opuntioideae) / Fabián Font   51
- Northern hemisphere Opuntia and Cylindropuntia species (Cactaceae) naturalized in Argentina – and the riddle of Opuntia penicilligera / † Beat Ernst Leuenberger & Silvia Arroyo-Leuenberger   95
- Further observations on the Andean Opuntioideae / Christiane Ritz & David Hunt   119
- Mapping the Andean Opuntioideae / Martin Lowry   139
- Illustrations and observations on the Chilean Opuntioideae / Fred Kattermann   153
- A checklist of the subfamily Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) in North and Central America / Héctor M. Hernández, Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa, Rolando T. Bárcenas, Raúl Puente & Juan Antonio Reyes-Agüero   185
- A checklist of subfamily Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) in South America and the Caribbean region / David Hunt   201

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