Calymmanthium

Calymmanthium
Calymmanthium substerile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Calymmantheae
Genus:Calymmanthium
F.Ritter
Species

Calymmanthium is a genus of primitive tree-like cacti from northern Peru. It is the only genus belonging to the tribe Calymmantheae.

Diploperianthium F.Ritter (nom. inval.) has been brought into synonymy with this genus.

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