Cactaceae
Of caryophylloid dicot family and Opuntiales. May also be referred to as cactus family and family Cactaceae.
Constituting the order Opuntiales.
This concept's ID is @1~59502
Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
- Echinocereus
Large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United ...
- Opuntia
Large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears.
- Aporocactus
Small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico.
- Ariocarpus
Slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
- Carnegiea
Caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro.
- Cereus
Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike...
- genus Coryphantha
Mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many...
- genus Echinocactus
Globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil.
- genus Epiphyllum
Small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti.
- Ferocactus
Genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cact...
- Hatiora
Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
- Hylocereus
Genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly...
- Lemaireocereus
Tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped...
- Lophophora
Two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having...
- genus Mammillaria
Large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles...
- Myrtillocactus
Small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America.
- Pediocactus
Low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America.
- Pereskia
Genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with...
- Rhipsalis
Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and...
- Schlumbergera
South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
- Selenicereus
Mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night.
- Zygocactus
Small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red...
- Acanthocereus
Mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean...
- Gymnocalycium
Large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with...
- Harrisia
Genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink...
- Melocactus
Genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America...