Cactaceae

Proposal to reject the name Cactus tuna (Opuntia tuna) (Cactaceae) featured image

Plant Nomenclature

Proposal to reject the name Cactus tuna (Opuntia tuna) (Cactaceae)

Matias Köhler

• Jun 23, 2025 • 1 min read

Pilosocereus cristalinensis should not be regarded as conspecific with P. machrisii (Cereeae, Cactaceae) featured image

Pilosocereus cristalinensis should not be regarded as conspecific with P. machrisii (Cereeae, Cactaceae)

Fabricio O. Pereira

• Apr 1, 2025 • 1 min read

The Cerrado through cacti featured image

Biogeographic Corridor

The Cerrado through cacti

Matias Köhler

• Jan 1, 2024 • 1 min read

A microendemic and enigmatic new cactus species from the campo rupestre of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Uebelmannia nuda (Cactaceae, Cactoideae) featured image

A microendemic and enigmatic new cactus species from the campo rupestre of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Uebelmannia nuda (Cactaceae, Cactoideae)

Daniela C. Zappi

• Jan 1, 2024 • 1 min read

More than a spiny morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae) featured image

Plant Evolution

More than a spiny morphology: plastome variation in the prickly pear cacti (Opuntieae)

Matias Köhler

• Sep 1, 2023 • 1 min read

Evolution of the Xerocarpa clade (Opuntia; Opuntieae): Evidence for the Role of the Grand Canyon in the Biogeographic History of the Iconic Beavertail Cactus and Relatives featured image

Evolution of the Xerocarpa clade (Opuntia; Opuntieae): Evidence for the Role of the Grand Canyon in the Biogeographic History of the Iconic Beavertail Cactus and Relatives

Lucas C. Majure

• Jan 1, 2023 • 1 min read

On the continuum of evolution: a putative new hybrid speciation event in Opuntia (Cactaceae) between a native and an introduced species in southern South America

Matias Köhler

• Nov 1, 2021 • 1 min read

New World Cactaceae Plants Harbor Diverse Geminiviruses featured image

New World Cactaceae Plants Harbor Diverse Geminiviruses

Rafaela S. Fontenele

• Apr 1, 2021 • 1 min read

Plant Evolution

Novel circular DNA virus identified in Opuntia discolor (Cactaceae) that codes for proteins with similarity to those of geminiviruses

Rafaela S. Fontenele

• Jan 1, 2021 • 1 min read

Beyond endemism, expanding conservation efforts: What can new distribution records reveal? featured image

Beyond endemism, expanding conservation efforts: What can new distribution records reveal?

Matias Köhler

• Aug 1, 2020 • 1 min read