cacti
Cactaceae
A cactus (pl.: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (/kækˈteɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word cactus derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word κάκτος (káktos), a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They are native...
6 branches of this family, most-observed first
globular cacti, moonlight cacti, torch cacti, and allies
subfamilyCactoideae
Opuntioideae
subfamilyOpuntioideae
Pereskioideae
subfamilyPereskioideae
Maihuenioideae
subfamilyMaihuenioideae
Viridicereus
genusViridicereus
Floribunda
genusFloribunda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47903.