cactaceae
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Constituting the order Opuntiales (synset 111861998)
is a type of: caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersmember holonym:
- cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
- acanthocereus, genus acanthocereus - mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
- aporocactus, genus aporocactus - small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
- ariocarpus, genus ariocarpus - slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas
- carnegiea, genus carnegiea - caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
- cereus, genus cereus - genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
- genus coryphantha - mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
- genus echinocactus - globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
- echinocereus, genus echinocereus - large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
- genus epiphyllum - small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
- ferocactus, genus ferocactus - genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
- genus gymnocalycium, gymnocalycium - large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
- genus harrisia, harrisia - genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
- genus hatiora, hatiora - small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
- genus hylocereus, hylocereus - genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
- genus lemaireocereus, lemaireocereus - tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit
- genus lophophora, lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
- genus mammillaria - large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
- genus melocactus, melocactus - genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
- genus myrtillocactus, myrtillocactus - small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America
- genus pediocactus, pediocactus - low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North America
- genus nopalea, nopalea - a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
- genus opuntia, opuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
- genus peireskia, genus pereskia, peireskia, pereskia - genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
- genus rhipsalis, rhipsalis - large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
- genus schlumbergera, schlumbergera - South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
- genus selenicereus, selenicereus - mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
- genus zygocactus, zygocactus - small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
belongs to: opuntiales, order opuntiales - coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactusessame as: cactus family, family cactaceae
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