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Cactaceae
Cactaceae (cactus)
Synonyms:
Leuchtenbergiaceae
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Genus
Acanthocalycium
(6)
Acanthocereus
(triangle cactus)
(19)
(3)
(1)
Acharagma
(3)
Airampoa
(1)
Aporocactus
(3)
Aporophyllum
(1)
Ariocarpus
(livingrock)
(7)
(2)
Armatocereus
(9)
Arrojadoa
(9)
(2)
Arthrocereus
(5)
(1)
Astrophytum
(astrophytum)
(7)
(1)
Austrocactus
(11)
(1)
Austrocylindropuntia
(7)
Aylostera
(9)
(1)
Aztekium
(2)
Aztekonia
(1)
Bergerocactus
(snakecactus)
(1)
Bisnaga
(3)
Blossfeldia
(1)
Borzicactus
(25)
(6)
Brachycereus
(1)
Brasilicereus
(3)
(1)
Brasiliopuntia
(3)
Brittonia
(1)
Browningia
(11)
(1)
Cactus
(16)
Calymmanthium
(1)
Carnegiea
(saguaro)
(1)
Cassyta
(1)
Castellanosia
(1)
Cephalocereus
(cephalocereus)
(13)
(1)
Cepheliocereus
(1)
Cereus
(sweetpotato cactus)
(188)
(3)
Chimerophora
(2)
Cipocereus
(6)
(3)
Cleistocactus
(19)
Cochemeia
(1)
Cochemiea
(42)
(3)
Coleocephalocereus
(8)
(6)
Consolea
(4)
(3)
Copiapoa
(35)
(7)
Corryocactus
(18)
(4)
Coryphantha
(beehive cactus)
(51)
(4)
Cremnocereus
(1)
Cumarinia
(1)
Cumulopuntia
(9)
Cylindropuntia
(53)
(1)
Deamia
(3)
Denmoza
(1)
Discocactus
(16)
(5)
Disocactus
(20)
(4)
Disoselenicereus
(1)
Echinocactus
(echinocactus)
(147)
Echinocereus
(hedgehog cactus)
(118)
(6)
Echinopsis
(117)
(6)
Epiphyllum
(climbing cactus)
(14)
Epithelantha
(pingpong-ball cactus)
(10)
Epixochia
(1)
Eriosyce
(58)
(10)
Escobaria
(foxtail cactus)
(1)
Espostoa
(11)
Espostoopsis
(1)
Estevesia
(1)
(1)
Eulychnia
(8)
(1)
Facheiroa
(4)
Ferocactus
(barrel cactus)
(19)
(2)
Frailea
(44)
(3)
Geohintonia
(1)
Grusonia
(20)
(2)
Gymnocalycium
(83)
(6)
Haageocereus
(15)
(2)
Haagespostoa
(3)
Harrisia
(applecactus)
(17)
Harrisinopsis
(1)
Hatiora
(9)
(3)
Jasminocereus
(1)
Kadenicarpus
(3)
(1)
Kimnachia
(1)
Kroenleinia
(1)
(1)
Lasiocereus
(2)
Lemaireocereus
(2)
Leocereus
(1)
Lepismium
(8)
Leptocereus
(leptocereus)
(15)
(8)
Leuchtenbergia
(1)
Leuenbergeria
(8)
(2)
Lophocereus
(1)
Lophophora
(lophophora)
(2)
Lymanbensonia
(4)
(1)
Maihuenia
(2)
Maihueniopsis
(18)
(1)
Mammillaria
(globe cactus)
(246)
(29)
Marginatocereus
(1)
Matucana
(21)
(6)
Melocactus
(melocactus)
(51)
(10)
Micranthocereus
(10)
(5)
Micropuntia
(1)
Mila
(1)
Miqueliopuntia
(1)
Myrtgerocactus
(1)
Myrtillocactus
(8)
(1)
Neobuxbaumia
(8)
Neolloydia
(neolloydia)
(4)
Neoraimondia
(2)
Neowerdermannia
(2)
Notocactus
(1)
Nyctocereus
(1)
Obregonia
(1)
(1)
Opuntia
(pricklypear)
(201)
(3)
(4)
Oreocereus
(9)
Oroya
(2)
(1)
Ortegocactus
(1)
Pachebergia
(1)
Pacherocactus
(1)
Pachycereus
(pachycereus)
(14)
(1)
Parodia
(75)
(22)
Parrycactus
(5)
(1)
Pediocactus
(pincushion cactus)
(7)
(2)
Pelecyphora
(22)
(1)
Peniocereus
(peniocereus)
(9)
(2)
Pereskia
(pereskia)
(21)
Pereskiopsis
(6)
Pfeiffera
(7)
Pierrebraunia
(3)
Pilosocereus
(tree cactus)
(62)
(7)
Polascontria
(1)
Praecereus
(2)
Pseudorhipsalis
(5)
(1)
Pterocactus
(13)
Puna
(2)
Punotia
(1)
Pygmaeocereus
(2)
(2)
Quiabentia
(2)
Rapicactus
(4)
Rauhocereus
(1)
Rebutia
(14)
Rhipsalis
(mistletoe cacti)
(51)
(6)
Rimacactus
(1)
(1)
Salmiopuntia
(1)
Samaipaticereus
(1)
Schlumbergera
(Christmas cactus)
(11)
(2)
Sclerocactus
(fishhook cactus)
(19)
Selenicereus
(moonlight cactus)
(29)
(3)
Stenillocactus
(1)
Stenocactus
(11)
Stenocereus
(stenocereus)
(26)
(4)
Stephanocereus
(2)
Stetsonia
(1)
Strombocactus
(4)
Strophocactus
(4)
Tacinga
(11)
Tephrocactus
(14)
(1)
Thelocactus
(thelocactus)
(18)
(1)
Trichocereus
(6)
Trichoechinopsis
(1)
Trichomoza
(1)
Tunilla
(5)
Turbinicactus
(1)
Turbinicarpus
(17)
(5)
Turbiniphora
(1)
Uebelmannia
(3)
(3)
Weberbauerocereus
(9)
(1)
Weberocereus
(10)
(3)
Weingartia
(48)
(2)
Xiquexique
(4)
(1)
Yavia
(1)
(1)
Yungasocereus
(1)
(...) = Species count
(...) = Endangered count
(...) = Invasive count
External References
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via
GBIF.org
on 2023-06-13; License:
CC BY 4.0