- Taxonomy of the Cactaceae
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taxonomy of the familyCactaceae .ubfamily
Cactoideae Tribe
Browningieae *"
Armatocereus " Backeb.*"
Browningia "Cárdenas , "Gymnocereus" Rauh & Backeb.*"
Jasminocereus " Britton & Rose*"
Neoraimondia " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Neocardenasia" Backeb.*"
Stetsonia " Britton & RoseTribe
Cacteae *"
Acharagma " (N.P.Taylor) Glass*"
Ariocarpus Scheidw. -living rock :synonyms: "Anhalonium" Lem., "Neogomesia"Castañeda , "Neogomezia" Buxb. (orth. var.), "Roseocactus" A.Berger, "Stromatocactus"Karw. exRümpler (nom. inval.)*"
Astrophytum " Lem.:synonyms: "Astrophyton"Lawr. (orth. var.), "Maierocactus"E.C.Rost *"
Aztekium "Boed. *"
Coryphantha " (Engelm. ) Lem. -beehive cactus :synonyms: "Aulacothele"Monv. (nom. inval.), "Cumarinia" Buxb., "Glandulifera" (Salm-Dyck ) Fric, "Lepidocoryphantha" Backeb., "Roseia" Fric (nom. inval.)*"
Echinocactus " Link & Otto -barrel cactus :synonyms: "Brittonrosea" Speg., "Echinofossulocactus" Lawr., "Homalocephala" Britton & Rose*"
Echinomastus " Britton & Rose*"
Epithelantha "F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose -pingpong ball cactus *"
Escobaria " Britton & Rose -foxtail cactus ,pincushion cactus :synonyms: "Cochiseia"W.H.Earle , "Escobesseya" Hester, "Fobea" Fric (nom. inval.), "Neobesseya" Britton & Rose*"
Ferocactus " Britton & Rose -barrel cactus :synonyms: "Bisnaga"Orcutt , "Brittonia"C.A.Armstr. (nom. inval.)*"
Geohintonia " Glass &W.A.Fitz Maur. *"
Leuchtenbergia "Hook. *"
Lophophora "J.M.Coult. -peyote *"
Mammillaria "Haw. -fishhook cactus ,globe cactus ,pincushion cactus ,bird's-nest cactus :synonyms: "Bartschella" Britton & Rose, "Cactus" L., "Chilita" Orcutt, "Cochemiea" (K.Brandegee )Walton , "Dolichothele" (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, "Ebnerella" Buxb., "Haagea" Fric, "Krainzia" Backeb., "Lactomammillaria" Fric (nom. inval.), "Leptocladia" Buxb., "Leptocladodia" Buxb., "Mamillaria"F.Rchb. (orth. var.), "Mamillopsis" (E.Morren ) F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose, "Mammariella" Shafer (nom. inval.), "Mammilaria"Torr. & A.Gray (orth. var.), "Neomammillaria" Britton & Rose, "Oehmea" Buxb., "Phellosperma" Britton & Rose, "Porfiria" Boed., "Pseudomammillaria" Buxb., "Solisia" Britton & Rose*"
Mammilloydia " Buxb.*"
Neolloydia " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Napina" Fric (nom. inval.), "Pseudosolisia" Y.Itô (nom. inval.)*"
Obregonia " Fric*"
Ortegocactus " Alexander*"
Pediocactus " Britton & Rose -hedgehog cactus :synonyms: "Navajoa"Croizat , "Pilocanthus"B.W.Benson & Backeb.*"
Pelecyphora "C.Ehrenb. :synonyms: "Encephalocarpus" A.Berger*"
Sclerocactus " Britton & Rose -fishhook cactus :synonyms: "Ancistrocactus" Britton & Rose, "Coloradoa"Boissev. &C.Davidson , "Glandulicactus" Backeb., "Toumeya" Britton & Rose*"
Stenocactus " (K.Schum.) A.W.Hill:synonyms: "Echinofossulocactus" Britton & Rose, "Efossus" Orcutt (orth. var.)*"
Strombocactus " Britton & Rose*"
Thelocactus " (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Hamatocactus" Britton & Rose, "Thelomastus" Fric (nom. inval.)*"
Turbinicarpus " (Backeb.) Buxb. & Backeb. -top cactus :synonyms: "Gymnocactus" Backeb., "Normanbokea"Kladiwa & Buxb., "Rapicactus" Buxb. &Oehme Tribe
Calymmantheae *"
Calymmanthium "F.Ritter :synonyms: "Diploperianthium" F.Ritter (nom. inval.)Tribe
Cereeae *"
Arrojadoa " Britton & Rose*"
Brasilicereus " Backeb.*"
Cereus " Mill. -sweet potato cactus :synonyms: "Mirabella" F.Ritter, "Piptanthocereus" (A.Berger) Riccob., "Subpilocereus" Backeb.*"
Cipocereus " F.Ritter:synonyms: "Floribunda" F.Ritter*"
Coleocephalocereus " Backeb.:synonyms: "Buiningia"Buxb. *"
Melocactus " Link & Otto:synonyms: "Cactus" Britton & Rose*"
Micranthocereus " Backeb.:synonyms: "Austrocephalocereus" Backeb., "Siccobaccatus"P.J.Braun &Esteves *"
Pierrebraunia "Esteves *"
Pilosocereus "Byles & G.D.Rowley -tree cactus :synonyms: "Pilocereus" K.Schum., "Pseudopilocereus" Buxb.*"
Praecereus " Buxb.*"
Stephanocereus " A.Berger*"
Uebelmannia " BuiningTribe
Hylocereeae *"
Disocactus " Lindl.:synonyms: "Aporocactus" Lem., "Aporocereus" Fric &Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Bonifazia"Standl. &Steyerm. , "Chiapasia" Britton & Rose, "Disisocactus"Kunze (orth. var.), "Disocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Heliocereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, "Lobeira" Alexander, "Mediocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Nopalxochia" Britton & Rose, "Pseudonopalxochia" Backeb., "Trochilocactus" Linding., "Wittia" K.Schum., "Wittiocactus"Rauschert *"
Epiphyllum " Haw. -climbing cactus :synonyms: "Phyllocactus" Link, "Phyllocereus"Miq. *"
Hylocereus " (A.Berger) Britton & Rose -nightblooming cactus :synonyms: "Wilmattea" Britton & Rose*"
Selenicereus " (A.Berger) Britton & Rose -moonlight cactus ,nightblooming cereus :synonyms: "Cryptocereus" Alexander, "Deamia" Britton & Rose, "Marniera" Backeb., "Mediocactus" Britton & Rose, "Strophocactus" Britton & Rose, "Strophocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)*"
Pseudorhipsalis " Britton & Rose*"
Weberocereus " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Eccremocactus" Britton & Rose, "Eccremocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Werckleocereus" Britton & RoseTribe
Notocacteae *"
Austrocactus " Britton & Rose*"
Blossfeldia "Werderm. *"
Cintia "Knize &Ríha *"
Copiapoa " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Pilocopiapoa" F.Ritter*"
Eriosyce " Phil.:synonyms: "Ceratistes"Labour. (nom. inval.), "Chileniopsis" Backeb., "Chileocactus" Fric (nom. inval.), "Chileorebutia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Chiliorebutia" Fric (orth. var.), "Delaetia" Backeb., "Dracocactus" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Euporteria" Kreuz. & Buining, "Hildmannia" Kreuz. & Buining, "Horridocactus" Backeb., "Islaya" Backeb., "Neochilenia" Backeb. exDölz , "Neoporteria" Britton & Rose, "Neoporteria" Backeb., "Neotanahashia" Y.Itô, "Nichelia"Bullock (nom. inval.), "Pyrrhocactus" (A.Berger) A.W.Hill, "Rodentiophila" F.Ritter ex Backeb., "Thelocephala" Y.Itô*"
Eulychnia " Phil.:synonyms: "Philippicereus" Backeb.*"
Frailea " Britton & Rose*"
Neowerdermannia " Fric*"
Parodia " Speg.:synonyms: "Acanthocephala" Backeb., "Brasilicactus" Backeb., "Brasiliparodia" F.Ritter, "Brasilocactus" Fric (nom. inval.), "Chrysocactus" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Dactylanthocactus" Y.Itô, "Eriocactus" Backeb., "Eriocephala" Backeb., "Friesia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Hickenia" Britton & Rose, "Malacocarpus" Salm-Dyck, "Microspermia" Fric, "Neohickenia" Fric, "Notocactus" (K.Schum.) Fric, "Sericocactus" Y.Itô, "Wigginsia" D.M.Porter*"
Yavia "R.Kiesling &Piltz Tribe
Pachycereeae *"
Acanthocereus " (Engelm. exA.Berger ) Britton & Rose -triangle cactus :synonyms: "Dendrocereus" Britton & Rose, "Monvillea" Britton & Rose*"
Bergerocactus " Britton & Rose -snakecactus :synonyms: "Bergerocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)*"
Carnegiea " Britton & Rose -carnegia ,saguaro *"
Cephalocereus " Pfeiff. -old man cactus :synonyms: "Haseltonia" Backeb., "Neodawsonia" Backeb., "Pilocereus" Lem.*"
Corryocactus " Britton & Rose:synonym: "Corryocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Erdisia" Britton & Rose, "Eulychnocactus" Backeb. (nom. inval.)*"
Echinocereus " Engelm. -hedgehog cactus :synonyms: "Morangaya"G.D.Rowley , "Wilcoxia" Britton & Rose*"
Escontria " Rose*"
Leptocereus " (A.Berger) Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Neoabbottia" Britton & Rose*×"
Myrtgerocactus "Moran [= Myrtillocactus × Bergerocactus]*"
Myrtillocactus "Console :synonyms: "Myrtillocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)*"
Neobuxbaumia " Backeb.:synonyms: "Pseudomitrocereus" Bravo & Buxb., "Rooksbya" Backeb.*×"
Pacherocactus " G.D.Rowley [= Pachycereus × Bergerocactus]*"
Pachycereus " (A.Berger) Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Backebergia" Bravo, "Lemaireocereus" Britton & Rose, "Lophocereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, "Marginatocereus" (Backeb.) Backeb., "Mitrocereus" (Backeb.) Backeb., "Pterocereus"T.MacDoug. & Miranda*"
Peniocereus " (A.Berger) Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Cullmannia"Distefano , "Neoevansia" W.T.Marshall, "Nyctocereus" (A.Berger) Britton & Rose*"
Polaskia " Backeb.:synonyms: "Chichipia" Backeb. (nom. inval.), "Heliabravoa" Backeb.*"
Pseudoacanthocereus " F.Ritter*"
Stenocereus " (A.Berger) Riccob.:synonyms: "Hertrichocereus" Backeb., "Isolatocereus" Backeb., "Isolatocereus" (Backeb.) Backeb., "Machaerocereus" Britton & Rose, "Marshallocereus" Backeb., "Neolemaireocereus" Backeb., "Rathbunia" Britton & Rose, "Ritterocereus" Backeb.Tribe
Rhipsalideae *"
Lepismium " Pfeiff.:synonyms: "Acanthorhipsalis" (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose, "Acanthorhipsalis"Kimnach , "Pfeiffera" Salm-Dyck*"
Rhipsalis "Gaertn. :synonyms: "Cassytha" Mill., "Erythrorhipsalis" A.Berger, "Hariota"Adans. , "Lymanbensonia" Kimnach*"
Hatiora " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Epiphyllopsis" Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, "Hariota" DC., "Pseudozygocactus" Backeb., "Rhipsalidopsis" Britton & Rose*"
Schlumbergera " Lem. -holiday cactus :synonyms: "Epiphyllanthus" A.Berger, "Epiphyllum" Pfeiff., "Opuntiopsis"Knebel (nom. inval.), "Zygocactus" K.Schum., "Zygocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.)Tribe
Trichocereeae *"
Acanthocalycium " Backeb.:synonyms: "Spinicalycium" Fric (nom. inval.)*"
Arthrocereus " A.Berger*"
Brachycereus " Britton & Rose*"
Cleistocactus " Lem.:synonyms: "Akersia" Buining, "Bolivicereus" Cárdenas, "Borzicactella" H.Johnson ex F.Ritter, "Borzicactus"Riccob , "Borzicereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Cephalocleistocactus" F.Ritter, "Cleistocereus" Fric & Kreuz. (orth. var.), "Clistanthocereus" Backeb., "Demnosa" Fric, "Gymnanthocereus" Backeb., "Hildewintera" F.Ritter, "Loxanthocereus" Backeb., "Maritimocereus" Akers, "Pseudoechinocereus" Buining (nom. inval.), "Seticereus" Backeb., "Seticleistocactus" Backeb., "Winteria" F.Ritter, "Winterocereus" Backeb.*"
Denmoza " Britton & Rose*"
Discocactus " Pfeiff.*"
Echinopsis "Zucc. - San Pedro:synonyms: "Acantholobivia" Backeb., "Acanthopetalus"Y.Itô , "Andenea" Fric (nom. inval.), "Aureilobivia" Fric, nom. inval., "Chamaecereus" Britton & Rose, "Chamaelobivia" Y. Itô (nom. inval.), "Cinnabarinea" Fric ex F.Ritter, "Echinolobivia" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Echinonyctanthus" Lem., "Furiolobivia" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Helianthocereus" Backeb, "Heterolobivia" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Hymenorebulobivia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Hymenorebutia" Fric ex Buining, "Leucostele" Backeb., "Lobirebutia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Lobivia" Britton & Rose, "Lobiviopsis" Fric (nom. inval.), "Megalobivia" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Mesechinopsis" Y.Itô, "Neolobivia" Y.Itô, "Pilopsis" Y.Itô (nom. inval.), "Pseudolobivia" (Backeb.) Backeb., "Rebulobivia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Salpingolobivia" Y.Itô, "Scoparebutia" Fric & Kreuz. ex Buining, "Setiechinopsis" (Backeb.)de Haas , "Soehrensia" Backeb., "Trichocereus" (A.Berger) Riccob.*"
Espostoa " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Binghamia" Britton & Rose, "Pseudoespostoa" Backeb., "Thrixanthocereus" Backeb., "Vatricania" Backeb.*"
Espostoopsis " Buxb.:synonyms: "Gerocephalus" F.Ritter*"
Facheiroa " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Zehntnerella" Britton & Rose*"
Gymnocalycium " Pfeiff. exMittler -Chin cactus :synonyms: "Brachycalycium" Backeb.*"
Haageocereus " Backeb.:synonyms: "Floresia" Krainz & F.Ritter ex Backeb. (nom. inval.), "Haageocactus" Backeb. (nom. inval.), "Lasiocereus" F.Ritter, "Neobinghamia" Backeb., "Peruvocereus" Akers*×"
Haagespostoa " G.D.Rowley [= Haageocereus × Espostoa]*"
Harrisia " Britton -applecactus :synonyms: "Eriocereus" (A.Berger) Riccob., "Roseocereus" Backeb.*"
Leocereus " Britton & Rose*"
Matucana " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Eomatucana" F.Ritter*"Mila" Britton & Rose
*"
Oreocereus " (A.Berger) Riccob.:synonyms: "Arequipa" Britton & Rose, "Arequipiopsis" Kreuz. & Buining, "Morawetzia" Backeb., "Submatucana" Backeb.*"
Oroya " Britton & Rose*"
Pygmaeocereus " H.Johnson & Backeb.*"
Rauhocereus " Backeb.*"
Rebutia " K.Schum.:synonyms: "Aylostera" Speg., "Bridgesia" Backeb., "Cylindrorebutia" Fric & Kreuz., "Digitorebutia" Fric & Kreuz., "Echinorebutia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Eurebutia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Gymnantha" Y.Itô, "Mediolobivia" Backeb., "Mediorebutia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Neogymnantha" Y.Itô, "Reicheocactus" Backeb., "Setirebutia" Fric & Kreuz. (nom. inval.), "Spegazzinia" Backeb., "Sulcorebutia" Backeb., "Weingartia" Werderm.*"
Samaipaticereus " Cárdenas*"
Weberbauerocereus " Backeb.:synonyms: "Meyenia" Backeb.*"
Yungasocereus " F.Ritterubfamily
Maihuenioideae *"
Maihuenia " (Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum.ubfamily
Opuntioideae Tribe
Austrocylindropuntieae *"
Austrocylindropuntia " Backeb.*"
Cumulopuntia " F.RitterTribe
Cylindropuntieae *"
Corynopuntia "F.M.Knuth :synonyms: "Marenopuntia" Backeb.*"
Cylindropuntia " (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth -cholla s*"
Grusonia "F.Rchb. ex Britton & Rose*"
Micropuntia "Daston *"
Pereskiopsis " Britton & Rose:synonyms: "Peireskiopsis"Vaupel (orth. var.)*"
Quiabentia " Britton & RoseTribe
Opuntieae *"
Brasiliopuntia " (K.Schum.) A.Berger*"
Consolea " Lem.
*"Miqueliopuntia " Fric ex F.Ritter*"
Opuntia " Mill. -prickly pear s:synonyms:"Airampoa" Fric, "Cactodendron"Bigelow , nom. inval., "Cactus" Lem., "Chaffeyopuntia" Fric &Schelle , "Clavarioidia" Kreuz. (nom. inval.), "Ficindica"St.-Lag. , "Nopalea" Salm-Dyck, "Parviopuntia"Soulaire &Marn.-Lap. (nom. inval.), "Phyllarthus"Neck. exM.Gómez (nom. inval.), "Salmiopuntia" Fric (nom. inval.), "Subulatopuntia" Fric & Schelle, "Tunas" Lunell, "Weberiopuntia" Fric*"
Tacinga " Britton & Rose*"
Tunilla "D.R.Hunt &Iliff Tribe
Pterocacteae *"
Pterocactus " K.Schum.Tribe
Tephrocacteae *"
Maihueniopsis " Speg.:synonyms: "Puna"R.Kiesling *"
Tephrocactus " Lem.:synonyms: "Pseudotephrocactus" Fric,ubfamily
Pereskioideae *"
Pereskia " Mill.:synonyms: "Peirescia" Zucc. (orth. var.), "Peireskia"Steud. (orth. var.), "Perescia" Lem. (orth. var.), "Rhodocactus" (A.Berger) F.M.Knuth
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