Tacinga

Taxobox
name = "Tacinga"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
subfamilia = Opuntioideae
tribus = Opuntieae
genus = "Tacinga"
genus_authority = Britton & Rose
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Tacinga braunii"
*"Tacinga funalis"
*"Tacinga inamoena"
*"Tacinga palmadora"
*"Tacinga saxatilis"
**"Tacinga saxatilis" ssp. "estevesii"
*"Tacinga werneri"

"Tacinga" is a genus in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northeast Brazil (from northeast Minas Gerais to southern Rio Grande do Norte, including Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Paraíba). Once thought to be monotypic, the genus now comprises 6 species.