family Cactaceae 3 subfamilies 1587 species
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subfamily Cactoideae 9 tribes 1320 species
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tribe Rhipsalideae 3 genera 55 species 15 subtrop. Arg., Bolivia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraguay, Uruguay, S Peruvian Andes 35 trop. Am., esp. Brazil, Florida, Paraguay, subtrop. Arg., WI; 1 ext. to trop. Afr., Madag., Seychelles, Mascarenes, Sri Lanka |