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Globular Cactuses
Cacteae
Cacteae is a tribe of plants belonging to the family Cactaceae. They consist of species that either have no leaves at all, or have stems that resemble leaves. Some have scales that resemble leaves, but the majority have leaf-bases that have been fused either into ribs or tubercles.
35 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
barrel cactuses
genusFerocactus
pincushion cactuses
genusMammillaria
Cochemiea
genusCochemiea
Foxtail Cactuses
genusEscobaria
Coryphantha
genusCoryphantha
clustered barrel cactuses
genusEchinocactus
Homalocephala
genusHomalocephala
Kroenleinia
genusKroenleinia
hedgehog cactuses
genusPediocactus
Hamatocactus
genusHamatocactus
Echinofossulocactus
genusEchinofossulocactus
Echinomastus
genusEchinomastus
Pineapple Cactuses
genusSclerocactus
Thelocactus
genusThelocactus
Lophophora
genusLophophora
Astrophytum
genusAstrophytum
Ariocarpus
genusAriocarpus
button cactuses
genusEpithelantha
Ancistrocactus
genusAncistrocactus
Glandulicactus
genusGlandulicactus
Turbinicarpus
genusTurbinicarpus
Rapicactus
genusRapicactus
Mammilloydia
genusMammilloydia
Strombocactus
genusStrombocactus
Pelecyphora
genusPelecyphora
Leuchtenbergia
genusLeuchtenbergia
Aztekium
genusAztekium
Obregonia
genusObregonia
Geohintonia
genusGeohintonia
Acharagma
genusAcharagma
Cumarinia
genusCumarinia
Chichimecactus
genusChichimecactus
Neolloydia
genusNeolloydia
Ortegocactus
genusOrtegocactus
Neobesseya
genusNeobesseya
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Cacteae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 514201.