Calymmanthium

Calymmanthium
Calymmanthium
Calymmanthium substerile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Calymmantheae
Genus: Calymmanthium
F.Ritter
Species
  • Calymmanthium substerile

Calymmanthium is a genus of primitive tree-like cacti from northern Peru. It is the only genus belonging to the tribe Calymmantheae.

Diploperianthium F.Ritter (nom. inval.) has been brought into synonymy with this genus.