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Eopuntia

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Cactaceae

Taxonomy
Eopuntia was named by Chaney (1944). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cyperus by Brown (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Cyperacites by Becker (1962).

It was assigned to Cactaceae by Chaney (1944) and Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Eopuntia Chaney p. 507
1970Eopuntia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyCactaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusEopuntia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eopuntia Chaney 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available