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Mirabella (plant)

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Mirabella
Mirabella estevesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Mirabella
F.Ritter[1]
Type species
Mirabella albicaulis
Species

See text.

Synonyms[2]

Cereus subg. Mirabella (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor

Mirabella is a genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Brazil.[3] The genus was erected by Friedrich Ritter in 1979.[1] It has also been treated as the subgenus Mirabella of the genus Cereus.[2]

Species

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As of December 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]

Image Name Distribution
Mirabella albicaulis (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter Northeast and Southeast Brazil.
Mirabella estevesii (P.J.Braun) Guiggi Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mirabella minensis F.Ritter Brazil.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mirabella F.Ritter", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2021-12-15
  2. ^ a b "Mirabella F. Ritter", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2021-12-15
  3. ^ a b "Mirabella F.Ritter", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-12-15