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Cactaceae
Cactaceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Cactaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – the cacti and related plants.
Hypernyms
- (family): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Cactoideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae, Pereskioideae - (subfamilies)
- Mammilaria - type genus; see Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies for other genera.