family Cactaceae

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family Cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales Cactaceae, cactus familycaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersOpuntiales, order Opuntiales - coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactusescactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spinesAcanthocereus, genus Acanthocereus - mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean regionAporocactus, genus Aporocactus - small genus of epiphytic cacti of MexicoAriocarpus, genus Ariocarpus - slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern TexasCarnegiea, genus Carnegiea - caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaroCereus, genus Cereus - genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually whitegenus Coryphantha - mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillariagenus Echinocactus - globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to BrazilEchinocereus, genus Echinocereus - large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United Statesgenus Epiphyllum - small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cactiFerocactus, genus Ferocactus - genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cactigenus Gymnocalycium, Gymnocalycium - large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tuberclesgenus Harrisia, Harrisia - genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South Americagenus Hatiora, Hatiora - small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cactigenus Hylocereus, Hylocereus - genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowersgenus Lemaireocereus, Lemaireocereus - tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruitgenus Lophophora, Lophophora - two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescalgenus Mammillaria - large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surfacegenus Melocactus, Melocactus - genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbeangenus Myrtillocactus, Myrtillocactus - small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central Americagenus Pediocactus, Pediocactus - low-growing cacti of the Great Plains of North Americagenus Nopalea, Nopalea - a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowersgenus Opuntia, Opuntia - large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pearsgenus Peireskia, genus Pereskia, Peireskia, Pereskia - genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowersgenus Rhipsalis, Rhipsalis - large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruitsgenus Schlumbergera, Schlumbergera - South American epiphytic or lithophytic cactigenus Selenicereus, Selenicereus - mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at nightgenus Zygocactus, Zygocactus - small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits