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Taxon: Family Cactaceae Juss. (1789), nom. cons. - cactus family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Durande, 1782 ex A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., orth. corr.
Unavailable original name & rank:  Durande, [J.F.] 1781(1782). Notions Élém. Bot.: 287 ("Cacti"). [nom. praeinit.]. ≡
Original name & rank:  de Jussieu, A.L. 1789. Gen. Pl.: 310 ("Ordo"[=Family], "Cacti"). ≡
Subsequent spelling: 

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: J.L. Reveal, 2010. Phytotaxa 6: 34 ("Cacti"). [implicit]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. Int. Code Bot. Nomencl. (Tokyo Code): App. IIB (p. 102).

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon: Cactoideae (Subfamily) K. Schumann
Type: Cactus (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 102).
Type, by synonymy: Mammillaria (Genus) Haw. (1812), nom. cons. Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 102).

Synonyms

Probably Including: Anacampserotaceae (Family) Eggli & Nyffeler (2010) Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1005).
Probably Including: Portulacaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1005).
Probably Including: Talinaceae (Family) Doweld (2001) Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1005).

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: cactusfamilie Ref: R. Röber et al. (eds.), 1990

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: cactus family
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