Definition of cactus family Cactus family
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| cactus family - constituting the order Opuntiales | ||
| Cactaceae, family Cactaceae | ||
| caryophylloid dicot family family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers | ||
| opuntiales, order opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses | ||
| 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 | ||
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