Cactaceae

Genera 185 Accepted species 2,241 Documented here 732 Coverage 33%

We document 732 of the 2,241 accepted species in Cactaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 116 of 185

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Opuntia 88 175
Mammillaria 46 200
Cylindropuntia 31 50
Coryphantha 30 46
Ferocactus 24 31
Echinocereus 22 89
Cochemiea 20 39
Pilosocereus 20 56
Stenocereus 17 24
Sclerocactus 16 24
Gymnocalycium 15 68
Melocactus 15 53
Copiapoa 14 36
Cereus 13 73
Grusonia 13 22
Harrisia 13 20
Selenicereus 13 34
Maihueniopsis 12 20
Eriosyce 11 56
Pelecyphora 11 20
Soehrensia 11 28
Cephalocereus 9 17
Rhipsalis 9 48
Epithelantha 8 10
Lobivia 8 38
Parodia 8 70
Stenocactus 8 22
Cleistocactus 7 24
Cumulopuntia 7 14
Leptocereus 7 22
Eulychnia 6 10
Leucostele 6 13
Tephrocactus 6 13
Thelocactus 6 14
Austrocactus 5 17
Corryocactus 5 15
Oreocereus 5 11
Acanthocereus 4 18
Ariocarpus 4 10
Armatocereus 4 8
Arrojadoa 4 15
Astrophytum 4 6
Austrocylindropuntia 4 7
Browningia 4 11
Consolea 4 8
Disocactus 4 24
Espostoa 4 11
Haageocereus 4 17
Leuenbergeria 4 8
Pediocactus 4 9
Pereskia 4 10
Trichocereus 4 6
Acanthocalycium 3 6
Aztekium 3 3
Borzicactus 3 20
Discocactus 3 15
Epiphyllum 3 17
Facheiroa 3 7
Lepismium 3 5
Matucana 3 18
Myrtillocactus 3 4
Pachycereus 3 5
Peniocereus 3 9
Pterocactus 3 11
Tacinga 3 15
Airampoa 2 7
Aporocactus 2 4
Cipocereus 2 5
Coleocephalocereus 2 14
Echinocactus 2 10
Echinopsis 2 31
Homalocephala 2 3
Lophocereus 2 3
Lophophora 2 3
Maihuenia 2 2
Micranthocereus 2 9
Neoraimondia 2 2
Pereskiopsis 2 6
Salmonopuntia 2 2
Weberbauerocereus 2 9
Weingartia 2 20
Xiquexique 2 6
Arthrocereus 1 4
Aylostera 1 9
Bergerocactus 1 1
Brachycereus 1 1
Brasiliopuntia 1 2
Carnegiea 1 1
Castellanosia 1 1
Cumarinia 1 1
Deamia 1 4
Denmoza 1 1
Escontria 1 1
Frailea 1 17
Geohintonia 1 1
Isolatocereus 1 1
Jasminocereus 1 1
Lemaireocereus 1 2
Leuchtenbergia 1 1
Micropuntia 1 1
Miqueliopuntia 1 1
Mitrocereus 1 1
Neowerdermannia 1 2
Nyctocereus 1 1
Obregonia 1 1
Pfeiffera 1 6
Polaskia 1 2
Praecereus 1 2
Pseudorhipsalis 1 5
Punotia 1 1
Quiabentia 1 2
Rapicactus 1 5
Rimacactus 1 1
Schlumbergera 1 11
Stetsonia 1 1
Turbinicarpus 1 59

Genera we do not yet document 69 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.