Cactus Genera in Vascular Plant Families and Genera (1992)

This is an overview of all cactus genera listed in R.K. Brummitt, Vascular Plant Families and Genera, 1992. You can sort the table or use the search field.

genus	status	synonym of
Acanthocalycium	☑ accepted
Acanthocephala	👉 synonym	Parodia
Acanthocereus	☑ accepted
Acantholobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Acanthopetalus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Acanthorhipsalis	👉 synonym	Lepismium
Acanthorhipsalis	👉 synonym	Lepismium
Airampoa	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Akersia	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Ancistrocactus	👉 synonym	Sclerocactus
Andenea	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Anhalonium	👉 synonym	Ariocarpus
Anisocereus	👉 synonym	Escontria
Aporocactus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Aporocereus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Arequipa	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Arequipiopsis	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Ariocarpus	☑ accepted
Armatocereus	☑ accepted
Arrojadoa	☑ accepted
Arthrocereus	☑ accepted
Astrophyton	👉 synonym	Astrophytum
Astrophytum	☑ accepted
Aulacothele	👉 synonym	Coryphantha
Aureilobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Austrocactus	☑ accepted
Austrocephalocereus	👉 synonym	Micranthocereus
Austrocylindropuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Aylostera	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Aztekium	☑ accepted
Azureocereus	👉 synonym	Browningia
Backebergia	👉 synonym	Pachycereus
Bartschella	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Bergerocactus	☑ accepted
Bergerocereus	👉 synonym	Bergerocactus
Binghamia	👉 synonym	Espostoa
Bisnaga	👉 synonym	Ferocactus
Blossfeldia	☑ accepted
Bolivicereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Bonifazia	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Borzicactella	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Borzicactus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Borzicereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Brachycalycium	👉 synonym	Gymnocalycium
Brachycereus	☑ accepted
Brasilicactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Brasilicereus	☑ accepted
Brasiliopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Brasiliparodia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Brasilocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Bridgesia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Brittonia	👉 synonym	Ferocactus
Brittonrosea	👉 synonym	Echinocactus
Browningia	☑ accepted
Buiningia	👉 synonym	Coleocephalocereus
Cactodendron	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Cactus	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Cactus	👉 synonym	Melocactus
Cactus	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Calymmanthium	☑ accepted
Carnegiea	☑ accepted
Cassyta	👉 synonym	Rhipsalis
Cassytha	👉 synonym	Rhipsalis
Castellanosia	👉 synonym	Browningia
Cephalocereus	☑ accepted
Cephalocleistocactus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Cephalomammillaria	👉 synonym	Epithelantha
Ceratistes	👉 synonym	Eriosyce
Cereus	☑ accepted
Chaffeyopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Chamaecereus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Chamaelobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Chiapasia	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Chichipia	👉 synonym	Polaskia
Chilenia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chilenia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chilenia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chileniopsis	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chileocactus	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chileorebutia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chiliorebutia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Chilita	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Chrysocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Cinnabarinea	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Cipocereus	☑ accepted
Clavarioidia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Cleistocactus	☑ accepted
Cleistocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Clistanthocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Cochemiea	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Cochiseia	👉 synonym	Escobaria
Coleocephalocereus	☑ accepted
Coloradoa	👉 synonym	Sclerocactus
Consolea	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Copiapoa	☑ accepted
Corryocactus	☑ accepted
Corryocereus	👉 synonym	Corryocactus
Corynopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Coryphantha	☑ accepted
Cryptocereus	👉 synonym	Selenicereus
Cullmannia	👉 synonym	Peniocereus
Cumarinia	👉 synonym	Coryphantha
Cumulopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Cylindropuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Cylindrorebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Dactylanthocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Deamia	👉 synonym	Selenicereus
Delaetia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Demnosa	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Dendrocereus	👉 synonym	Acanthocereus
Denmoza	☑ accepted
Digitorebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Diploperianthium	👉 synonym	Calymmanthium
Discocactus	☑ accepted
Disisocactus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Disocactus	☑ accepted
Disocereus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Dolichothele	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Dracocactus	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Ebnerella	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Eccremocactus	👉 synonym	Weberocereus
Eccremocereus	👉 synonym	Weberocereus
Echinocactus	👉 synonym	Melocactus
Echinocactus	☑ accepted
Echinocereus	☑ accepted
Echinofossulocactus	👉 synonym	Echinocactus
Echinofossulocactus	👉 synonym	Stenocactus
Echinolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Echinomastus	👉 synonym	Sclerocactus
Echinonyctanthus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Echinopsis	☑ accepted
Echinorebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Efossus	👉 synonym	Stenocactus
Encephalocarpus	👉 synonym	Pelecyphora
Eomatucana	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Epiphyllanthus	👉 synonym	Schlumbergera
Epiphyllopsis	👉 synonym	Hatiora
Epiphyllum	👉 synonym	Schlumbergera
Epiphyllum	☑ accepted
Epithelantha	☑ accepted
Erdisia	👉 synonym	Corryocactus
Eriocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Eriocephala	👉 synonym	Parodia
Eriocereus	👉 synonym	Harrisia
Eriosyce	☑ accepted
Erythrocereus	☑ accepted
Erythrorhipsalis	👉 synonym	Rhipsalis
Escobaria	☑ accepted
Escobesseya	👉 synonym	Escobaria
Escontria	☑ accepted
Espostoa	☑ accepted
Espostoopsis	☑ accepted
Eulychnia	☑ accepted
Eulychnocactus	👉 synonym	Corryocactus
Euporteria	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Eurebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Facheiroa	☑ accepted
Ferocactus	☑ accepted
Ficindica	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Floresia	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Floribunda	👉 synonym	Cipocereus
Fobea	👉 synonym	Escobaria
Frailea	☑ accepted
Friesia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Furiolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Gerocephalus	👉 synonym	Espostoopsis
Glandulicactus	👉 synonym	Sclerocactus
Glandulifera	👉 synonym	Coryphantha
Grusonia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Gymnantha	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Gymnanthocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Gymnocactus	👉 synonym	Turbinicarpus
Gymnocactus	👉 synonym	Turbinicarpus
Gymnocalycium	☑ accepted
Gymnocereus	👉 synonym	Browningia
Haagea	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Haageocactus	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Haageocereus	☑ accepted
Hamatocactus	👉 synonym	Thelocactus
Hariota	👉 synonym	Hatiora
Hariota	👉 synonym	Rhipsalis
Harrisia	☑ accepted
Haseltonia	👉 synonym	Cephalocereus
Hatiora	☑ accepted
Heliabravoa	👉 synonym	Polaskia
Helianthocereus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Heliocereus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Hertrichocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Heterolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Hickenia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Hildewintera	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Hildmannia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Homalocephala	👉 synonym	Echinocactus
Horridocactus	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Hylocereus	☑ accepted
Hymenorebulobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Hymenorebutia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Islaya	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Isolatocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Jasminocereus	☑ accepted
Krainzia	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Lactomammillaria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Lasiocereus	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Lemaireocereus	👉 synonym	Pachycereus
Leocereus	☑ accepted
Lepidocoryphantha	👉 synonym	Coryphantha
Lepismium	☑ accepted
Leptocereus	☑ accepted
Leptocladia	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Leptocladodia	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Leuchtenbergia	☑ accepted
Leucostele	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Lobeira	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Lobirebutia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Lobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Lobiviopsis	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Lophocereus	👉 synonym	Pachycereus
Lophophora	☑ accepted
Loxanthocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Lymanbensonia	👉 synonym	Lepismium
Machaerocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Maierocactus	👉 synonym	Astrophytum
Maihuenia	☑ accepted
Maihueniopsis	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Malacocarpus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Mamillaria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Mamillopsis	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Mammariella	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Mammilaria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Mammillaria	☑ accepted
Mammilloydia	☑ accepted
Marenopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Marginatocereus	👉 synonym	Pachycereus
Maritimocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Marniera	👉 synonym	Selenicereus
Marshallocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Matucana	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Mediocactus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Mediocereus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Mediolobivia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Mediorebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Megalobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Melocactus	☑ accepted
Mesechinopsis	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Meyenia	👉 synonym	Weberbauerocereus
Micranthocereus	☑ accepted
Micropuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Microspermia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Mila	☑ accepted
Miqueliopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Mirabella	👉 synonym	Cereus
Mitrocereus	👉 synonym	Pachycereus
Monvillea	👉 synonym	Acanthocereus
Morangaya	👉 synonym	Echinocereus
Morawetzia	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Myrtillocactus	☑ accepted
Myrtillocereus	👉 synonym	Myrtillocactus
Napina	👉 synonym	Neolloydia
Navajoa	👉 synonym	Pediocactus
Neoabbottia	👉 synonym	Leptocereus
Neobesseya	👉 synonym	Escobaria
Neobinghamia	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Neobuxbaumia	☑ accepted
Neocardenasia	👉 synonym	Neoraimondia
Neochilenia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Neodawsonia	👉 synonym	Cephalocereus
Neoevansia	👉 synonym	Peniocereus
Neogomesia	👉 synonym	Ariocarpus
Neogomezia	👉 synonym	Ariocarpus
Neogymnantha	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Neohickenia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Neolemaireocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Neolloydia	☑ accepted
Neolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Neomammillaria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Neoporteria	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Neoporteria	☑ accepted
Neoraimondia	☑ accepted
Neotanahashia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Neowerdermannia	☑ accepted
Nichelia	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Nopalea	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Nopalxochia	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Normanbokea	👉 synonym	Neolloydia
Notocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Nyctocereus	👉 synonym	Peniocereus
Obregonia	☑ accepted
Oehmea	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Opuntia	☑ accepted
Opuntiopsis	👉 synonym	Schlumbergera
Oreocereus	☑ accepted
Oroya	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Ortegocactus	☑ accepted
Pachycereus	☑ accepted
Parodia	☑ accepted
Parviopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Pediocactus	☑ accepted
Peirescia	👉 synonym	Pereskia
Peireskia	👉 synonym	Pereskia
Peireskiopsis	👉 synonym	Pereskiopsis
Pelecyphora	☑ accepted
Peniocereus	☑ accepted
Perescia	👉 synonym	Pereskia
Pereskia	☑ accepted
Pereskiopsis	☑ accepted
Peruvocereus	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Pfeiffera	👉 synonym	Lepismium
Phellosperma	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Philippicereus	👉 synonym	Eulychnia
Phyllarthus	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Phyllocactus	👉 synonym	Epiphyllum
Phyllocereus	👉 synonym	Epiphyllum
Pilocanthus	👉 synonym	Pediocactus
Pilocereus	👉 synonym	Cephalocereus
Pilocereus	👉 synonym	Pilosocereus
Pilocopiapoa	👉 synonym	Copiapoa
Pilopsis	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Pilosocereus	☑ accepted
Piptanthocereus	👉 synonym	Cereus
Polaskia	☑ accepted
Porfiria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Praecereus	👉 synonym	Cereus
Pseudoacanthocereus	☑ accepted
Pseudoechinocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Pseudoespostoa	👉 synonym	Espostoa
Pseudolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Pseudomammillaria	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Pseudomitrocereus	👉 synonym	Neobuxbaumia
Pseudonopalxochia	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Pseudopilocereus	👉 synonym	Pilosocereus
Pseudorhipsalis	☑ accepted
Pseudosolisia	👉 synonym	Neolloydia
Pseudotephrocactus	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Pseudozygocactus	👉 synonym	Hatiora
Pterocactus	☑ accepted
Pterocereus	☑ accepted
Puna	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Pygmaeocereus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Pyrrhocactus	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Quiabentia	☑ accepted
Rapicactus	👉 synonym	Turbinicarpus
Rathbunia	☑ accepted
Rauhocereus	👉 synonym	Weberbauerocereus
Rebulobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Rebutia	☑ accepted
Reicheocactus	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Rhipsalidopsis	👉 synonym	Hatiora
Rhipsalis	☑ accepted
Rhodocactus	👉 synonym	Pereskia
Ritterocereus	👉 synonym	Stenocereus
Rodentiophila	👉 synonym	Eriosyce
Rooksbya	👉 synonym	Neobuxbaumia
Roseia	👉 synonym	Coryphantha
Roseocactus	👉 synonym	Ariocarpus
Roseocereus	👉 synonym	Harrisia
Salmiopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Salpingolobivia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Samaipaticereus	☑ accepted
Schlumbergera	☑ accepted
Sclerocactus	☑ accepted
Scoparebutia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Selenicereus	☑ accepted
Sericocactus	👉 synonym	Parodia
Seticereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Seticleistocactus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Setiechinopsis	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Setirebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Siccobaccatus	👉 synonym	Micranthocereus
Soehrensia	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Solisia	👉 synonym	Mammillaria
Spegazzinia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Spinicalycium	👉 synonym	Acanthocalycium
Stenocactus	☑ accepted
Stenocereus	☑ accepted
Stephanocereus	☑ accepted
Stetsonia	☑ accepted
Stromatocactus	👉 synonym	Ariocarpus
Strombocactus	☑ accepted
Strophocactus	👉 synonym	Selenicereus
Strophocereus	👉 synonym	Selenicereus
Submatucana	👉 synonym	Oreocereus
Subpilocereus	👉 synonym	Cereus
Subulatopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Sulcorebutia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Tacinga	☑ accepted
Tephrocactus	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Thelocactus	☑ accepted
Thelocephala	👉 synonym	Neoporteria
Thelomastus	👉 synonym	Thelocactus
Thrixanthocereus	👉 synonym	Espostoa
Toumeya	👉 synonym	Sclerocactus
Trichocereus	👉 synonym	Echinopsis
Trochilocactus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Tunas	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Turbinicarpus	☑ accepted
Uebelmannia	☑ accepted
Utahia	👉 synonym	Pediocactus
Vatricania	👉 synonym	Espostoa
Weberbauerocereus	☑ accepted
Weberiopuntia	👉 synonym	Opuntia
Weberocereus	☑ accepted
Weingartia	👉 synonym	Rebutia
Werckleocereus	👉 synonym	Weberocereus
Wigginsia	👉 synonym	Parodia
Wilcoxia	👉 synonym	Echinocereus
Wilmattea	👉 synonym	Hylocereus
Winteria	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Winterocereus	👉 synonym	Cleistocactus
Wittia	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Wittiocactus	👉 synonym	Disocactus
Yungasocereus	👉 synonym	Haageocereus
Zehntnerella	👉 synonym	Facheiroa
Zygocactus	👉 synonym	Schlumbergera
Zygocereus	👉 synonym	Schlumbergera