Kingdom Plantae Family Cactaceae Tribe Tephrocacteae Higher classification Cactus | Order Caryophyllales Subfamily Opuntioideae Scientific name Maihueniopsis Rank Genus | |
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Similar Cactus, Maihuenia, Tephrocactus, Cumulopuntia, Grusonia |
Maihueniopsis (from Greek opsis, "view", referring to its resemblance to the unrelated Maihuenia) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species.
![Maihueniopsis Maihueniopsis Wikipedia](https://alchetron.com/cdn/maihueniopsis-6ecea2d5-0a22-4265-ad50-a26e14fdf8c-resize-750.jpg)
The former genus Puna R.Kiesling is now synonym to Maihueniopsis.
Species
![Maihueniopsis Maihueniopsis darwinii](https://alchetron.com/cdn/maihueniopsis-9fb9b0a8-ba74-429c-9feb-c74c678b8b3-resize-750.jpeg)
![Maihueniopsis FileMaihueniopsis nigrispina 01 iesjpg Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Maihueniopsis_nigrispina_01_ies.jpg)
![Maihueniopsis Description and images of Maihueniopsis grandiflora a native](https://alchetron.com/cdn/maihueniopsis-f3c36e23-b4ef-475b-b9aa-a233da45d3e-resize-750.jpeg)
![Maihueniopsis Maihueniopsis clavarioides](https://alchetron.com/cdn/maihueniopsis-825b7026-07a4-417e-96dd-d5386609c3d-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Maihueniopsis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA