Calymmanthium

Calymmanthium is a monotypic genus of primitive tree-like cacti from northern Peru. The only species is Calymmanthium substerile. It belongs to the tribe Lymanbensonieae.

Calymmanthium
Calymmanthium substerile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Lymanbensonieae
Genus: Calymmanthium
F.Ritter
Species:
C. substerile
Binomial name
Calymmanthium substerile

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

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