Maihueniopsis
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| Maihueniopsis | |
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| Maihueniopsis darwinii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Opuntioideae |
| Tribe: | Tephrocacteae |
| Genus: | Maihueniopsis Speg. |
| Type species | |
| Maihueniopsis molfinoi | |
| Species | |
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Maihueniopsis (from Greek opsis, "view", referring to its resemblance to the unrelated Maihuenia) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species.
The former genus Puna R.Kiesling is now synonym to Maihueniopsis.
