Maihueniopsis

Maihueniopsis
Maihueniopsis
Maihueniopsis subterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Maihueniopsis
Speg.

Maihueniopsis (from Greek opsis, "view", referring to its resemblance to the unrelated Maihuenia) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species.

The former genus Puna R.Kiesling is now synonym to Maihueniopsis.

Species

  • Maihueniopsis archiconoidea F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis atacamensis (Phil.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis bonnieae (D.J.Ferguson & R.Kiesling) E.F.Anderson
  • Maihueniopsis camachoi (Espinosa) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis clavarioides (Otto ex Pfeiff.) E.F.Anderson
  • Maihueniopsis colorea (F.Ritter) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis crassispina F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis darwinii (Hensl.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis domeykoensis F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis glomerata (Haw.) R.Kiesling
  • Maihueniopsis grandiflora F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis minuta (Backeb.) R.Kiesling
  • Maihueniopsis nigrispina (K.Schum.) R.Kiesling
  • Maihueniopsis ovata (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis rahmeri (Phil.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis subterranea (R.E.Fr.) E.F.Anderson
  • Maihueniopsis tarapacana (Phil.) F.Ritter
  • Maihueniopsis wagenknechtii F.Ritter