https://wiki.mjcactus.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=TacingaTacinga - Revision history2026-06-22T04:05:38ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.1https://wiki.mjcactus.com/index.php?title=Tacinga&diff=356&oldid=prevBadmin: Created page with "{{Taxobox | name = Tacinga | image = Tacinga_inamoena.jpg | kingdom = Plantae | family = Cactaceae | subfamily = Opuntioideae | tribe = Opuntieae | genus = '''Tacinga''' | authority = Britton & Rose (1919) | notes = Taxonomy follows Joël Lodé (2015). The genus is accepted in a broad sense (s.l.). }} == Etymology == The name is an anagram of "Caatinga", the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil where most species occur. == Description == '''Tacinga''..."2026-04-17T12:53:53Z<p>Created page with "{{Taxobox | name = Tacinga | image = Tacinga_inamoena.jpg | kingdom = <a href="/index.php?title=Plantae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Plantae (page does not exist)">Plantae</a> | family = <a href="/index.php?title=Cactaceae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cactaceae (page does not exist)">Cactaceae</a> | subfamily = <a href="/index.php?title=Opuntioideae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Opuntioideae (page does not exist)">Opuntioideae</a> | tribe = <a href="/index.php?title=Opuntieae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Opuntieae (page does not exist)">Opuntieae</a> | genus = '''Tacinga''' | authority = Britton & Rose (1919) | notes = Taxonomy follows Joël Lodé (2015). The genus is accepted in a broad sense (s.l.). }} == Etymology == The name is an anagram of "Caatinga", the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil where most species occur. == Description == '''Tacinga''..."</p>
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| name = Tacinga<br />
| image = Tacinga_inamoena.jpg<br />
| kingdom = [[Plantae]]<br />
| family = [[Cactaceae]]<br />
| subfamily = [[Opuntioideae]]<br />
| tribe = [[Opuntieae]]<br />
| genus = '''Tacinga'''<br />
| authority = Britton & Rose (1919)<br />
| notes = Taxonomy follows Joël Lodé (2015). The genus is accepted in a broad sense (s.l.).<br />
}}<br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The name is an anagram of "Caatinga", the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil where most species occur.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
'''Tacinga''' is a genus of bushy, climbing or creeping cacti with variable stem morphology.<br />
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* '''Habit''': Shrubby, erect, climbing or lianiform plants.<br />
* '''Stems''': Segmented; cylindrical, elongated or flattened, rounded to elliptic.<br />
* '''Leaves''': Very reduced, cylindrical, deciduous.<br />
* '''Areoles''': Dark, producing easily detachable glochids.<br />
* '''Spines''': 1–6, acicular, sometimes absent or caducous.<br />
* '''Flowers''': Diurnal or nocturnal, self-sterile, near stem tips; pale yellow, greenish, brownish, purplish, orange or red; stamens erect and not sensitive.<br />
* '''Fruits''': Elongated, fleshy, deeply umbilicate; perianth remnants deciduous.<br />
* '''Seeds''': Large (up to 5 mm), globose to pyriform, with leathery aril and hairy funicular envelope.<br />
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== Habitat ==<br />
The genus grows mainly in the Brazilian caatinga, in dry forests, rocky outcrops, and among shrubs and other succulents.<br />
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Altitude range: from about 20 m up to 1550 m.<br />
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Some species (e.g. ''T. funalis'') grow climbing over vegetation, forming dense tangled masses.<br />
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== Distribution ==<br />
* '''South America''':<br />
Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe), <br />
Venezuela (Sucre)<br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
The genus ''Tacinga'' was established by Britton & Rose (1919).<br />
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Originally created for species with cylindrical stems, it was later expanded to include taxa with flattened segments previously placed in ''Opuntia''.<br />
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Morphological characters such as non-sensitive stamens (in contrast to ''Opuntia s.s.'') are not always reliable due to convergent evolution.<br />
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Seed and pollen studies, along with molecular analyses (Griffith & Porter 2009; Majure et al. 2012), support the recognition of ''Tacinga'' as a monophyletic genus within Opuntieae.<br />
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The genus forms part of a clade including ''Brasiliopuntia'', ''Consolea'', ''Miqueliopuntia'', ''Nopalea'', ''Opuntia'', and ''Tunilla''.<br />
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According to Joël Lodé (2015), ''Tacinga'' is accepted as a valid genus.<br />
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== Species ==<br />
Following the classification of Joël Lodé (2015).<br />
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* [[Tacinga braunii]]<br />
* [[Tacinga funalis]]<br />
* [[Tacinga inamoena]]<br />
* [[Tacinga lilae]]<br />
* [[Tacinga palmadora]]<br />
* [[Tacinga saxatilis]]<br />
** [[Tacinga saxatilis subsp. estevesii]]<br />
* [[Tacinga subcylindrica]]<br />
* [[Tacinga werneri]]<br />
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== Hybrids ==<br />
* [[Tacinga × quipa]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* The genus includes both cylindrical and flattened stem forms.<br />
* ''Tacinga lilae'' represents an extension of the genus outside Brazil.<br />
* Some species show strong ecological specialization to caatinga environments.<br />
* Hybridization occurs in habitat.<br />
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[[Category:Cactaceae]]<br />
[[Category:Opuntioideae]]<br />
[[Category:Opuntieae]]<br />
[[Category:Tacinga]]</div>Badmin