Cactaceae {family} - Tracheophyta; Magnoliopsida; Caryophyllales;

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Sub-taxa

Subfamilies (2)
  1. Cactoideae [85]
  2. Opuntioideae [2]
Genera (114)
  1. Acanthocalycium [2]
  2. Acanthocereus [6]
  3. Ariocarpus [69]
  4. Armatocereus [2]
  5. Austrocactus [1]
  6. Austrocylindropuntia [14]
  7. Aztekium [23]
  8. Bergerocactus [5]
  9. Blossfeldia [7]
  10. Brasiliopuntia [7]
  11. Browningia [4]
  12. Calymmanthium [4]
  13. Carnegiea [3]
  14. Castellanosia [1]
  15. Cephalocereus [14]
  16. Cereus [13]
  17. Cleistocactus [14]
  18. Cochemiea [25]
  19. Coleocephalocereus [2]
  20. Consolea [20]
  21. Copiapoa [7]
  22. Corryocactus [3]
  23. Corynopuntia [21]
  24. Coryphantha [74]
  25. Cumulopuntia [19]
  26. Cylindropuntia [99]
  27. Denmoza [1]
  28. Discocactus [3]
  29. Disocactus [11]
  30. Echinocactus [56]
  31. Echinocereus [205]
  32. Echinopsis [25]
  33. Epiphyllum [9]
  34. Epithelantha [10]
  35. Eriosyce [9]
  36. Escobaria [9]
  37. Escontria [4]
  38. Espostoa [1]
  39. Espostoopsis [1]
  40. Eulychnia [3]
  41. Ferocactus [47]
  42. Frailea [5]
  43. Geohintonia [9]
  44. Grusonia [4]
  45. Gymnocalycium [33]
  46. Haageocereus [5]
  47. Harrisia [10]
  48. Hatiora [25]
  49. Hylocereus [156]
  50. Isolatocereus [3]
  51. Jasminocereus [1]
  52. Lepismium [44]
  53. Leptocereus [3]
  54. Leuchtenbergia [3]
  55. Loxanthocereus [1]
  56. Lymanbensonia [7]
  57. Maihuenia [8]
  58. Maihueniopsis [40]
  59. Mammillaria [324]
  60. Matucana [2]
  61. Melocactus [4]
  62. Micranthocereus [1]
  63. Mila [1]
  64. Miqueliopuntia [3]
  65. Mitrocereus [1]
  66. Monvillea [1]
  67. Myrtillocactus [10]
  68. Neobuxbaumia [23]
  69. Neolloydia [2]
  70. Neoraimondia [2]
  71. Neowerdermannia [3]
  72. Notocactus [1]
  73. Obregonia [15]
  74. Opuntia [666]
  75. Oreocereus [2]
  76. Ortegocactus [14]
  77. Pachycereus [27]
  78. Parodia [30]
  79. Pelecyphora [5]
  80. Peniocereus [13]
  81. Pereskia [55]
  82. Pereskiopsis [16]
  83. Pfeiffera [18]
  84. Pilosocereus [8]
  85. Polaskia [5]
  86. Pseudorhipsalis [5]
  87. Pterocactus [4]
  88. Pterocereus [2]
  89. Punotia [1]
  90. Pygmaeocereus [1]
  91. Quiabentia [6]
  92. Rauhocereus [2]
  93. Rebutia [1]
  94. Rhipsalis [223]
  95. Samaipaticereus [1]
  96. Schlumbergera [113]
  97. Sclerocactus [11]
  98. Selenicereus [85]
  99. Stenocactus [22]
  100. Stenocereus [43]
  101. Stetsonia [3]
  102. Strombocactus [4]
  103. Sulcorebutia [2]
  104. Tacinga [9]
  105. Tephrocactus [28]
  106. Thelocactus [38]
  107. Trichocereus [5]
  108. Tunilla [6]
  109. Turbinicarpus [33]
  110. Uebelmannia [2]
  111. Ullucus [1]
  112. Weberbauerocereus [1]
  113. Weberocereus [1]
  114. Weingartia [2]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 3,497 Public Records: 2,702
Specimens with Sequences: 3,107 Public Species: 965
Specimens with Barcodes: 2,291 Public BINs: 0
Species: 1,000          
Species With Barcodes: 901          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Cactaceae
(Acanthocereus - BioBot01188) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Ariocarpus - GE02249.6) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Austrocylindropuntia - PPRI-0181) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Mamadi Theresa Sethusa University of Johannesburg
(Aztekium - GE02247.6) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Bergerocactus - CCDB-24938-B01) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum (Cactoideae - GE02464) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified
(Cereus - MP5516) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) G D Khedkar Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Cleistocactus - Peru170434) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural (Cochemiea - GE02271.6) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified
(Coryphantha - LFM033) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Cumulopuntia - Peru18021) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural (Cylindropuntia - CCDB-24938-E02) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum
(Disocactus - MHJB-S137) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2019) Michael H J Barfuss University of Vienna, Dept of Botany and Biodiversity Research (Echinocactus - LFM040) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Echinocereus - GE02438) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified
(Echinopsis - CM-692A) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Hight FuEDEI (Epiphyllum - Mtz27951) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Epithelantha - LFM037) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro
(Ferocactus - LFM044) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Geohintonia - GE02285.6) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Haageocereus - Peru18017) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural
(Harrisia - HCM-808A) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Aguirre FuEDEI (Hatiora - MHJB-S90) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified PlantGusto (Hylocereus - DF_HU_AAU_RS_001) @11 [ ] Copyright (c) (2021) Rahul Sen Assam Agricultural University
(Jasminocereus - SCE050) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (2015) Sofia Carvajal Endara Charles Darwin Foundation (Loxanthocereus - Peru170008) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural (Mammillaria - LFM049) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro
(Neowerdermannia - HCM-801A) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Aguirre FuEDEI (Obregonia - GE02473) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Opuntia - CM-702A) @11 [ ] Copyright (2019) Poveda FuEDEI
(Ortegocactus - GE02245.6) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Pelecyphora - GE02111) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified (Peniocereus - PPRI-0180) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Mamadi Theresa Sethusa University of Johannesburg
(Pereskia - OM3711) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg (Pereskiopsis - MP5498) @11 [ ] Copyright (2015) G D Khedkar Paul Hebert Centre For DNA Barcoding And Biodiversity Studies (Rhipsalis - Hosam00413) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Dr. Hosam Elansary Alexandria University
(Schlumbergera - MHJB-S100) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified PlantGusto (Sclerocactus - LFM085) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Selenicereus - BioBot01566) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Stenocactus - LFM054) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Stenocereus - BioBot01263) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund (Tephrocactus - AC_0069) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Thelocactus - LFM023) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2022) Unspecified Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro (Turbinicarpus - GE02474) @11 [ ] Copyright Salvador Arias Unspecified
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