A hallmark of flowering plants is their ability to invade some of the most extreme and
dynamic habitats, including cold and dry biomes, to a far greater extent than other land …

Succulent plants are widely distributed, reaching their highest diversity in arid and semi‐arid
regions. Their origin and diversification is thought to be associated with a global expansion …

• Premise of the study: The opuntias (nopales, prickly pears) are not only culturally,
ecologically, economically, and medicinally important, but are renowned for their taxonomic …

Climate change has a detrimental impact on food security, agricultural productivity,
production stability, and revenue. As a result, agriculture must adapt to changing scenarios …

Chromosome numbers and meiotic behavior are reported for the climbing cacti species
Hylocereus undatus, Hylocereus polyrhizus, and Selenicereus megalanthus. The …

• Premise of the study: In its current circumscription, Echinopsis with 100–150 species is one
of the largest and morphologically most diverse genera of Cactaceae. This diversity and an …

Polyploidy, an important mechanism of plant evolution, was investigated in Consolea, an
endemic Caribbean opuntioid genus represented by nine subdioecious species with very …

Cactaceae are American members of arid and semi-arid regions and are also present in
tropical forests and temperate climates. The taxonomy is complex owing to large …

Ploidy has been well studied and used extensively in the genus Opuntia to determine
species boundaries, detect evidence of hybridization, and infer evolutionary patterns. We …

Tephrocactus comprises species mainly endemic to Argentina. Molecular phylogenetic
analyses of all proposed species of the genus as well as classical (chromosome number …