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{{Taxobox
| name = Punotia
| image = Punotia_lagopus.jpg
| kingdom = [[Plantae]]
| family = [[Cactaceae]]
| subfamily = [[Opuntioideae]]
| tribe = [[Tephrocacteae]]
| genus = '''Punotia'''
| authority = D.R. Hunt (2011)
| notes = Taxonomy follows Joël Lodé (2015). The genus is considered provisionally correct.
}}

== Etymology ==
The name is an anagram of ''Opuntia'' and also refers to Puno, a region in Peru where the genus occurs.

== Description ==
'''Punotia''' is a monotypic genus of dwarf, cushion-forming cacti.

* '''Habit''': Low-growing plants forming dense, compact cushions that may reach several metres in diameter.
* '''Stems''': Short, cylindrical to globose, segmented, tuberculate, densely covered with hairs (trichomes).
* '''Leaves''': Tiny, cylindrical, quickly deciduous, often hidden by hairs.
* '''Areoles''': With fine hairs and sunken glochids.
* '''Spines''': Usually a single short spine (2–2.5 cm), yellow.
* '''Flowers''': Diurnal, golden yellow, with hairy pericarpel; self-sterile.
* '''Fruits''': Egg-shaped, thin-walled, with some pulp, yellow to pale pink.
* '''Seeds''': Large, pale, with a funicular envelope densely covered with trichomes.

== Habitat ==
The genus grows in high Andean environments, forming dense cushions in moist alpine conditions.

Altitude range: from about 4100 m up to 4700 m.

It is associated with wet high-altitude steppe habitats and often occurs together with species of ''Austrocylindropuntia''.

== Distribution ==
* '''South America''':
Peru (Puno),
Bolivia (La Paz)

== Taxonomy ==
The genus ''Punotia'' was established by D.R. Hunt (2011).

The species was previously included in several genera, including ''Opuntia'', ''Tephrocactus'', ''Maihueniopsis'', and ''Austrocylindropuntia'', under names such as ''Opuntia lagopus'' and ''Austrocylindropuntia lagopus''.

The creation of ''Punotia'' allows ''Austrocylindropuntia'' to remain monophyletic.

Phylogenetically, ''Punotia'' is closely related to ''Cumulopuntia'' and ''Austrocylindropuntia''.

According to Joël Lodé (2015), the genus is accepted provisionally.

== Species ==
Following the classification of Joël Lodé (2015).

* [[Punotia lagopus]]

== Notes ==
* The genus is monotypic and taxonomically unstable in historical classifications.
* Represents a high-altitude specialist adapted to cold and moist Andean environments.
* Requires constant soil moisture during the growing season.

[[Category:Cactaceae]]
[[Category:Opuntioideae]]
[[Category:Tephrocacteae]]
[[Category:Punotia]]

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