Cactus Genera in World Flora Online

This is an overview of all cactus genera listed in World Flora Online as of May 4, 2021. You can sort the table or use the search field.

Note that this list contains several errors, like the acceptance of the rejected Cactus, the invalid ×Pachgerocereus and the illegitimate Leptocladia and Pilocereus.

genusstatussynonym of
Acanthanthus❓ ambiguous
Acanthocalycium☑ accepted
Acanthocereus☑ accepted
Acantholobivia👉 synonymEchinopsis
Acanthopetalus❓ ambiguous
Acanthorhipsalis👉 synonymLepismium
Acharagma☑ accepted
Airampoa☑ accepted
Ancistrocactus☑ accepted
Andenea❓ ambiguous
Andinopuntia❓ ambiguous
Anhalonium👉 synonym
Aporberocereus❓ ambiguous
Aporocactus☑ accepted
Aporophyllum❓ ambiguous
Arequipa👉 synonymOreocereus
Arequipiopsis👉 synonymOreocereus
Ariocarpus☑ accepted
Armatocereus☑ accepted
Arrojadoa☑ accepted
Arthrocereus☑ accepted
Astrophytum☑ accepted
Austrocactus☑ accepted
Austrocephalocereus👉 synonymMicranthocereus
Austrocylindropuntia☑ accepted
Aylostera👉 synonymRebutia
Aztekium☑ accepted
Azureocereus👉 synonymBrowningia
Backebergia👉 synonymPachycereus
Bartschella👉 synonymMammillaria
Bergerocactus☑ accepted
Binghamia👉 synonymEspostoa
Blossfeldia☑ accepted
Bolivicactus❓ ambiguous
Borkersia❓ ambiguous
Borzicactus👉 synonymCleistocactus
Brachycereus☑ accepted
Bragaia☑ accepted
Brasilicactus👉 synonymParodia
Brasilicereus☑ accepted
Brasiliopuntia☑ accepted
Brasiliparodia👉 synonymParodia
Bravocactus👉 synonymTurbinicarpus
Bridgesia☑ accepted
Brittonrosea❓ ambiguous
Browningia☑ accepted
Cactus☑ accepted
Calymmanthium☑ accepted
Carnegiea☑ accepted
Castellanosia👉 synonymBrowningia
Cephalocereus☑ accepted
Cephalocleistocactus☑ accepted
Cephalomamillaria☑ accepted
Cephalophorus❓ ambiguous
Cepheliocereus❓ ambiguous
Cereus☑ accepted
Chamaebivia❓ ambiguous
Chamaelobivia❓ ambiguous
Chamaezicactus❓ ambiguous
Chiapasophyllum❓ ambiguous
Chilenia❓ ambiguous
Chilita👉 synonymMammillaria
Cinnabarinea❓ ambiguous
Cipocereus☑ accepted
Clavarioidia❓ ambiguous
Cleistocactus☑ accepted
Cleistocana❓ ambiguous
Cochemiea👉 synonymMammillaria
Cochiseia👉 synonymEscobaria
Coleocephalocereus☑ accepted
Consolea☑ accepted
Copiapoa☑ accepted
Corryocactus☑ accepted
Corynopuntia👉 synonymOpuntia
Coryphantha☑ accepted
Cumulopuntia☑ accepted
Cylindropuntia☑ accepted
Cylindrorebutia❓ ambiguous
Deamia👉 synonymSelenicereus
Delaetia👉 synonymEriosyce
Demnosa❓ ambiguous
Dendrocereus☑ accepted
Denmoza☑ accepted
Digitorebutia👉 synonymRebutia
Discocactus☑ accepted
Disisocactus❓ ambiguous
Disocactus☑ accepted
Disophyllum❓ ambiguous
Disoselenicereus❓ ambiguous
Dolichothele👉 synonymMammillaria
Ebnerella❓ ambiguous
Eccremocactus👉 synonymWeberocereus
Echinocactus☑ accepted
Echinocereus☑ accepted
Echinofossulocactus👉 synonymEchinocactus
Echinomastus☑ accepted
Echinonyctanthus❓ ambiguous
Echinopsis☑ accepted
Efossus❓ ambiguous
Emorycactus👉 synonymEchinocactus
Encephalocarpus👉 synonymPelecyphora
Eomatucana👉 synonymMatucana
Epinicereus❓ ambiguous
Epiphyllum☑ accepted
Epithelantha☑ accepted
Erdisia👉 synonymCorryocactus
Eriocactus👉 synonymParodia
Eriocephala👉 synonymParodia
Eriocereopsis❓ ambiguous
Eriocereus👉 synonymHarrisia
Eriosyce☑ accepted
Erythrorhipsalis👉 synonymRhipsalis
Escobaria☑ accepted
Escobariopsis❓ ambiguous
Escontria☑ accepted
Espostoa☑ accepted
Espostocactus❓ ambiguous
Espostoopsis☑ accepted
Estevesia☑ accepted
Eulychnia☑ accepted
Eulychnocactus❓ ambiguous
Euporteria❓ ambiguous
Facheiroa☑ accepted
Ferocactus☑ accepted
Frailea☑ accepted
Geohintonia☑ accepted
Gerocephalus👉 synonymEspostoopsis
Glandulicactus☑ accepted
Grusonia☑ accepted
Gymnantha❓ ambiguous
Gymnocactus👉 synonymTurbinicarpus
Gymnocalycium☑ accepted
Gymnorebutia❓ ambiguous
Haageocereus☑ accepted
Haagespostoa❓ ambiguous
Hamatocactus☑ accepted
Hariota☑ accepted
Harrisia☑ accepted
Haseltonia👉 synonymCephalocereus
Hatiora☑ accepted
Helianthocereus👉 synonymEchinopsis
Heliocereus☑ accepted
Heliochia❓ ambiguous
Heliorhipsalis❓ ambiguous
Helioselenius❓ ambiguous
Heliphyllum❓ ambiguous
Hildewintera👉 synonymCleistocactus
Hildmannia❓ ambiguous
Horridocactus👉 synonymEriosyce
Hylocereus☑ accepted
Hylorhipsalis❓ ambiguous
Hymenorebutia👉 synonymEchinopsis
Islaya👉 synonymEriosyce
Isolatocereus👉 synonymStenocereus
Jasminocereus☑ accepted
Kadenicarpus👉 synonymTurbinicarpus
Krainzia👉 synonymMammillaria
Lactomamillara❓ ambiguous
Lagenosocereus❓ ambiguous
Lasiocereus☑ accepted
Lemaireocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Leocereus☑ accepted
Lepismium☑ accepted
Leptocereus☑ accepted
Leptocladia☑ accepted
Leptocladodia👉 synonymMammillaria
Leuchtenbergia☑ accepted
Lobivia☑ accepted
Lodia❓ ambiguous
Lophocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Lophophora☑ accepted
Loxanthocereus👉 synonymCleistocactus
Lymanbensonia☑ accepted
Maihuenia☑ accepted
Maihueniopsis☑ accepted
Malacocarpus☑ accepted
Mammillaria☑ accepted
Mammilloydia☑ accepted
Marginatocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Matucana☑ accepted
Mediocactus👉 synonymDisocactus
Mediolobivia👉 synonymRebutia
Melocactus☑ accepted
Mesechinopsis❓ ambiguous
Meyenia❓ ambiguous
Micranthocereus☑ accepted
Micropuntia❓ ambiguous
Microspermia❓ ambiguous
Mila☑ accepted
Miqueliopuntia☑ accepted
Mitrocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Monvillea☑ accepted
Myrtgerocactus❓ ambiguous
Myrtillocactus☑ accepted
Myrtillocereus❓ ambiguous
Navajoa👉 synonymPediocactus
Neobesseya👉 synonymEscobaria
Neobuxbaumia☑ accepted
Neochilenia👉 synonymEriosyce
Neodawsonia👉 synonymCephalocereus
Neodiscocactus❓ ambiguous
Neoevansia👉 synonymPeniocereus
Neogymnantha❓ ambiguous
Neolemaireocereus❓ ambiguous
Neolloydia☑ accepted
Neolobivia👉 synonymEchinopsis
Neomammillaria👉 synonymMammillaria
Neonavajoa❓ ambiguous
Neoporteria👉 synonymEriosyce
Neoraimondia☑ accepted
Neowerdermannia☑ accepted
Nichelia❓ ambiguous
Nopal❓ ambiguous
Nopalea☑ accepted
Nopalxochia👉 synonymDisocactus
Normanbokea👉 synonymTurbinicarpus
Nothorhipsalis❓ ambiguous
Notocactus👉 synonymParodia
Nyctocereus👉 synonymPeniocereus
Obregonia☑ accepted
Oehmea👉 synonymMammillaria
Opuntia☑ accepted
Oreocereus☑ accepted
Oroya☑ accepted
Ortegocactus☑ accepted
Pachebergia❓ ambiguous
Pacherocactus❓ ambiguous
Pachgerocereus☑ accepted
Pachycereus☑ accepted
Parodia☑ accepted
Parrycactus❓ ambiguous
Pediocactus☑ accepted
Peireskia❓ ambiguous
Pelecyphora☑ accepted
Peniocereus☑ accepted
Pereskia☑ accepted
Pereskiopsis☑ accepted
Peronocactus❓ ambiguous
Peruviopuntia❓ ambiguous
Peyotl❓ ambiguous
Pfeiffera☑ accepted
Phellosperma👉 synonymMammillaria
Phyllarthus❓ ambiguous
Phyllocactus❓ ambiguous
Pierrebraunia☑ accepted
Pilocereus☑ accepted
Pilosocereus☑ accepted
Piptanthocereus👉 synonymCereus
Platyopuntia☑ accepted
Plutonopuntia❓ ambiguous
Polaskia☑ accepted
Porfiria👉 synonymMammillaria
Praecereus☑ accepted
Pseudoacanthocereus☑ accepted
Pseudolobivia👉 synonymEchinopsis
Pseudomammillaria👉 synonymMammillaria
Pseudomitrocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Pseudopilocereus👉 synonymPilosocereus
Pseudorhipsalis☑ accepted
Pseudosolisia❓ ambiguous
Pseudotephrocactus❓ ambiguous
Pterocactus☑ accepted
Pterocereus👉 synonymPachycereus
Puebloa☑ accepted
Puna☑ accepted
Punotia❓ ambiguous
Pygmaeocereus☑ accepted
Pyrrhocactus👉 synonymEriosyce
Quiabentia☑ accepted
Rapicactus👉 synonymTurbinicarpus
Rathbunia❓ ambiguous
Rathbunillocactus❓ ambiguous
Rebulobivia❓ ambiguous
Rebutia☑ accepted
Reicheocactus👉 synonymEchinopsis
Rhipsalidopsis👉 synonymHatiora
Rhipsalis☑ accepted
Rhipsaphyllopsis❓ ambiguous
Rhodocactus👉 synonymPereskia
Ritterocactus❓ ambiguous
Ritterocereus👉 synonymStenocereus
Rodentiophila❓ ambiguous
Roseia❓ ambiguous
Roseocactus👉 synonymAriocarpus
Roseocereus👉 synonymHarrisia
Salmiopuntia❓ ambiguous
Salmonopuntia❓ ambiguous
Salpingolobivia❓ ambiguous
Samaipaticereus☑ accepted
Schlumbergera☑ accepted
Schlumbergeranthus❓ ambiguous
Sclerocactus☑ accepted
Seleliocereus❓ ambiguous
Selenicereus☑ accepted
Seleniphyllum❓ ambiguous
Seticereus👉 synonymCleistocactus
Setirebutia❓ ambiguous
Siccobaccatus👉 synonymMicranthocereus
Soehrensia👉 synonymEchinopsis
Solisia👉 synonymMammillaria
Spegazzinia❓ ambiguous
Stenillocactus❓ ambiguous
Stenocactus☑ accepted
Stenocereus☑ accepted
Stephanocereus☑ accepted
Stetsonia☑ accepted
Stromatocactus❓ ambiguous
Stromatocarpus❓ ambiguous
Strombocactus☑ accepted
Submatucana👉 synonymMatucana
Subpilocereus👉 synonymCereus
Sulcorebutia☑ accepted
Tacinga☑ accepted
Tephrocactus👉 synonymOpuntia
Terecaulis❓ ambiguous
Thelocactus☑ accepted
Thelocephala👉 synonymEriosyce
Thrixanthocereus👉 synonymEspostoa
Torreycactus☑ accepted
Toumeya❓ ambiguous
Trichocereus☑ accepted
Trichoechinopsis❓ ambiguous
Trichomoza❓ ambiguous
Trichopuntia❓ ambiguous
Tunilla☑ accepted
Turbinicarpus☑ accepted
Turbiniphora❓ ambiguous
Uebelmannia☑ accepted
Ursopuntia❓ ambiguous
Weberbauerocereus☑ accepted
Weberocereus☑ accepted
Weingartia☑ accepted
Werckleocereus👉 synonymWeberocereus
Wigginsia👉 synonymParodia
Wilcoxia👉 synonymEchinocereus
Winterocereus☑ accepted
Wittia❓ ambiguous
Yavia☑ accepted
Yungasocereus☑ accepted
Zehntnerella👉 synonymFacheiroa
Zygocactus👉 synonymSchlumbergera