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Lymanbensonieae

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Lymanbensonieae
Lymanbensonia crenata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Lymanbensonieae
N.Korotkova & Barthlott
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Lymanbensonieae is a tribe of cacti belonging to the Cactoideae subfamily. It was recently created after the genus Lymanbensonia was found to be sister to Calymmanthium.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Korotkova, Nadja; Zabel, Leonie; Quandt, Dietmar; Barthlott, Wilhelm (2010). "A phylogenetic analysis of Pfeiffera and the reinstatement of Lymanbensonia as an independently evolved lineage of epiphytic Cactaceae within a new tribe Lymanbensonieae". Willdenowia. 40 (2): 151–172. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40201. S2CID 83770697.