Biology:Mirabella (plant)

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Mirabella
Cereus estevesii.jpg
Mirabella estevesii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mirabella
F.Ritter[1]
Type species
Mirabella albicaulis
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]

Cereus subg. Mirabella (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor

Mirabella is a genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Brazil.[3] The genus was erected by Friedrich Ritter in 1979.[1] It has also been treated as the subgenus Mirabella of the genus Cereus.[2]

Species

(As of December 2021), Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

Image Name Distribution
Cereus albicaulis.jpg Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter Northeast and Southeast Brazil.
Cereus estevesii.jpg Mirabella estevesii (P.J.Braun) Guiggi Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Cereus mirabella N.P.Taylor (Mirabella minensis Ritter).jpg Mirabella minensis F.Ritter Brazil.

References

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