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Cactus evolution

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HABIT ON A BRANCHING TREE
Recurrence of growth forms in different Cactoideae lineagesThe diagram shows four separate lineages. Globular, columnar and epiphytic forms occur on more than one branch. The arrangement illustrates convergence and does not reproduce branch lengths or the full tree topology.CactoideaeCacteaePhyllocacteaeRhipsalideaeCereeae and Notocacteaeglobularbarrel-shapedcolumnarepiphyticepiphyticcolumnarglobulartree-likeColour indicates formrather than a common ancestor
An independent teaching diagram based on the reconstruction by Hernández-Hernández et al. from 2011 and the classification by de Vos et al. from 2025. Repeated colours show convergence. Branch lengths, the sequence of splits and the full diversity of tribes are omitted. [Hernández-Hernández et al. 2011] [de Vos et al. 2025]

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