#subclass_Caryophyllidae__Caryophyllidae  a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
  supertype:  class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  class_Dicotyledones
  member:  caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily  family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
  member:  caryophylloid_dicot_genus__caryophylloiddicotgenu  genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
  member:  order_Caryophyllales__Caryophyllales__Chenopodiales__order-Chenopodiales  corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
     member:  family_Caryophyllaceae__Caryophyllaceae__carnation_family__carnationfamily__pink_family  large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
        member:  caryophyllaceous_plant  a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
        member:  genus_Agrostemma__Agrostemma  a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
           member:  corn_cockle__corn_campion__crown-of-the-field__Agrostemma_githago  European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
        member:  Arenaria__genus_Arenaria  sandworts
           member:  sandwort  low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
        member:  genus_Cerastium__Cerastium  mouse-eared chickweed
           member:  mouse-ear_chickweed__mouseearchickweed__mouse_eared_chickweed__mouseearedchickweed__mouse_ear__mouseear__clammy_chickweed__chickweed  any of various plants related to the common chickweed
        member:  genus_Dianthus__Dianthus  carnations and pinks
           member:  garden_pink__pink  any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
        member:  genus_Drypis  1 species
           member:  drypis  spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers
        member:  genus_Gypsophila__Gypsophila  Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
           member:  baby's_breath__babies'-breath__babies'breath__Gypsophila_paniculata  tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
        member:  genus_Hernaria__Hernaria  low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
           member:  rupturewort__Hernaria_glabra  common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
        member:  genus_Illecebrum__Illecebrum  1 species: coral necklace
           member:  coral_necklace__coralnecklace__Illecebrum_verticullatum  glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
        member:  genus_Lychnis  genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
           member:  lychnis__lychni__catchfly  mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
        member:  genus_Minuartia__Minuartia  mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
        member:  genus_Moehringia__Moehringia  low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having 4- rather than 5-petaled flowers
           member:  Moehringia_lateriflora__sandwort  low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers
           member:  Moehringia_mucosa__sandwort  loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
        member:  genus_Paronychia__Paronychia  low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
           member:  whitlowwort  any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
        member:  genus_Petrocoptis__Petrocoptis  perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
        member:  genus_Sagina__Sagina  small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
           member:  pearlwort__pearlweed  any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
        member:  genus_Saponaria__Saponaria  mostly perennial Old World herbs
           member:  soapwort__hedge_pink__hedgepink__bouncing_Bet__bouncing_Bess__Saponaria_officinalis  plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
        member:  genus_Scleranthus__Scleranthus  small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
           member:  knawel__knawe__Scleranthus_annuus  widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
        member:  genus_Silene  large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
           member:  silene__campion__catchfly  any plant of the genus Silene
           member:  moss_campion__Silene_acaulis  tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
           member:  wild_pink__Silene_caroliniana  perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
           member:  red_campion__red_bird's_eye__Silene_dioica__Lychnis_dioica  biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
           member:  white_campion__whitecampion__evening_lychnis__white_cockle__whitecockle__bladdercampion__Silene_latifolia__Lychnis_alba  bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
           member:  fire_pink__Silene_virginica  perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
        member:  genus_Spergula__Spergula  small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
           member:  corn_spurry__corn_spurrey__Spergula_arvensis  small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
        member:  genus_Spergularia__Spergularia  chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
           member:  sand_spurry__sea_spurry__seaspurry__Spergularia_rubra  prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
        member:  genus_Stellaria__Stellaria  common chickweed; stitchwort
           member:  chickweed  any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
        member:  genus_Vaccaria__Vaccaria  cow-cockles
           member:  cowherb__cow_cockle__cowcockle__Vaccaria_hispanica__Vaccaria_pyramidata__Saponaria_vaccaria  European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
     member:  family_Aizoaceae__Aizoaceae__Tetragoniaceae__family_Tetragoniaceae__carpetweed_family  succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
        member:  genus_Carpobrotus__Carpobrotus  a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
           member:  Hottentot_fig__Hottentot's_fig__sour_fig__Carpobrotus_edulis__Mesembryanthemum_edule  low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
        member:  genus_Dorotheanthus__Dorotheanthus  a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus
           member:  livingstone_daisy__livingstonedaisy__Dorotheanthus_bellidiformis  low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
        member:  genus_Lithops  genus of stemless South African succulents
           member:  lithops__living_stone__stoneface__stoneplant__stone_life_face__flowering_stone  any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
        member:  genus_Mesembryanthemum__Mesembryanthemum  South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
           member:  fig_marigold__figmarigold__pebbleplant  any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
        member:  genus_Molluga__Molluga  carpetweeds
           member:  carpetweed__Indian_chickweed__Molluga_verticillata  annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
        member:  genus_Pleiospilos__Pleiospilos  perennial succulents of South Africa
           member:  living_granite__living_rock__stone_mimicry_plant__stonemimicryplant  highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with gray-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
        member:  genus_Tetragonia__Tetragonia  New Zealand spinach
           member:  New_Zealand_spinach__Tetragonia_tetragonioides__Tetragonia_expansa  coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
     member:  family_Amaranthaceae__Amaranthaceae__amaranth_family  cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
        member:  genus_Amaranthus__Amaranthus  large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
           member:  amaranth  any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
           member:  thorny_amaranth__Amaranthus_spinosus  erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
        member:  genus_Alternanthera__Alternanthera  genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
           member:  alligator_weed__alligatorweed__alligatorgras__Alternanthera_philoxeroides  prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
        member:  genus_Celosia__Celosia  annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
           member:  red_fox__Celosia_argentea  weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
        member:  genus_Froelichia__Froelichia  genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
           member:  cottonweed  any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
        member:  genus_Gomphrena__Gomphrena  genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
           member:  globe_amaranth__globeamaranth__bachelor's_button__Gomphrena_globosa  tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
        member:  genus_Iresine__Iresine  genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
           member:  bloodleaf  any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
        member:  genus_Telanthera__Telanthera  used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera
     member:  family_Batidaceae__Batidaceae__saltwort_family  family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
        member:  genus_Batis__Batis  small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
           member:  Batis_maritima__saltwort  low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
     member:  family_Chenopodiaceae__Chenopodiaceae__goosefoot_family__goosefootfamily  includes spinach and beets
        member:  genus_Chenopodium__Chenopodium  goosefoot; pigweed
           member:  goosefoot  any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
        member:  genus_Atriplex__Atriplex  orach; saltbush
           member:  orach__orache  any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
           member:  saltbush  any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
        member:  genus_Bassia__Bassia__Kochia__genus_Kochia  summer cypress
           member:  summer_cypress__burning_bush__burningbush__firebush__belvedere__Bassia_scoparia__Kochia_scoparia  densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
        member:  genus_Cycloloma__Cycloloma  a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
           member:  winged_pigweed__tumbleweed__Cycloloma_atriplicifolium  bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
        member:  genus_Halogeton  a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
           member:  halogeton__Halogeton_glomeratus  a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content
           member:  Halogeton_souda__barilla  Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
        member:  genus_Salicornia__Salicornia  glassworts
           member:  samphire__glasswort__Salicornia_europaea  fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
        member:  genus_Salsola__Salsola  chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts
        member:  genus_Sarcobatus__Sarcobatus  1 species: greasewood
           member:  black_greasewood__blackgreasewood__greasewood__Sarcobatus_vermiculatus  low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
        member:  genus_Spinacia__Spinacia  spinach
           member:  prickly-seeded_spinach__spinach__spinachplant__Spinacia_oleracea  southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
     member:  family_Nyctaginaceae__Nyctaginaceae__Allioniaceae__family_Allioniaceae__four-o'clock_family  a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
        member:  genus_Nyctaginia__Nyctaginia  a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
           member:  scarlet_musk_flower__Nyctaginia_capitata  viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
        member:  genus_Abronia__Abronia  genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
           member:  sand_verbena  any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
        member:  genus_Allionia__Allionia  small genus of chiefly American herbs
           member:  trailing_four_o'clock__trailing_windmills__Allionia_incarnata  trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
        member:  genus_Bougainvillea__Bougainvillaea__genus_Bougainvillaea  ornamental tropical woody vines
           member:  bougainvillea  any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
        member:  genus_Mirabilis__Mirabilis  four o'clocks
           member:  umbrellawort  a plant of the genus Mirabilis
           member:  four_o'clock  any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
           member:  California_four_o'clock__Mirabilis_laevis__Mirabilis_californica  California four o'clock with purple-red flowers
        member:  genus_Pisonia__Pisonia  genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
           member:  cockspur__Pisonia_aculeata  small spiny West Indian tree
     member:  family_Phytolaccaceae__Phytolaccaceae__pokeweed_family  chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma
        member:  genus_Phytolacca__Phytolacca  type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
           member:  pokeweed  perennial of the genus Phytolacca
        member:  genus_Agdestis__Agdestis  a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
        member:  genus_Ercilla__Ercilla  a genus of evergreen climbers
        member:  genus_Rivina__Rivina  small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
           member:  bloodberry__blood_berry__bloodberry__rougeberry__rouge_plant__rougeplant__Rivina_humilis  bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
        member:  genus_Trichostigma__Trichostigma  a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America
     member:  family_Portulacaceae__Portulacaceae__purslane_family  family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
        member:  genus_Portulaca  genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
           member:  portulaca  a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
           member:  common_purslane__pussley__pusly__verdolagas__Portulaca_oleracea  weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
        member:  genus_Calandrinia__Calandrinia  large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
           member:  rock_purslane  a plant of the genus Calandrinia
           member:  red_maids__redmaid__redmaid__calandriniaciliata  succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
        member:  genus_Claytonia__Claytonia  genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
           member:  Carolina_spring_beauty__Claytonia_caroliniana  similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
           member:  spring_beauty__Clatonia_lanceolata  small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
           member:  Virginia_spring_beauty__Claytonia_virginica  small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
        member:  genus_Lewisia__Lewisia  genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
           member:  siskiyou_lewisia__Lewisia_cotyledon  evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
           member:  bitterroot__Lewisia_rediviva  showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
        member:  genus_Montia__Montia  small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
           member:  Indian_lettuce  a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
        member:  genus_Spraguea__Spraguea  small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
           member:  pussy-paw__pussypaw__pussy-paws__pussy's-paw__pussy'spaw__Spraguea_umbellatum__Calyptridium_umbellatum  pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
        member:  genus_Talinum__Talinum  genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
           member:  flame_flower__flameflower__talinumaurantiacum  plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
           member:  narrow-leaved_flame_flower__Talinum_augustissimum  similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
           member:  pigmy_talinum__pigmytalinum__Talinum_brevifolium  low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
           member:  rock_pink__Talinum_calycinum  pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
           member:  spiny_talinum__spinytalinum__Talinum_spinescens  low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
  member:  order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales  coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
     member:  family_Cactaceae__Cactaceae__cactus_family  constituting the order Opuntiales
        member:  cactus  any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
        member:  genus_Acanthocereus__Acanthocereus  mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
        member:  genus_Aporocactus__Aporocactus  small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
           member:  rattail_cactus__rat's-tail_cactus__Aporocactus_flagelliformis  commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
        member:  genus_Ariocarpus__Ariocarpus  slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas
           member:  living_rock__Ariocarpus_fissuratus  usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
        member:  genus_Carnegiea__Carnegiea  caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
           member:  saguaro__sahuaro__Carnegiea_gigantea  extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
        member:  genus_Cereus__Cereus  genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
           member:  night-blooming_cereus  any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
        member:  genus_Coryphantha  mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
           member:  coryphantha  a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
        member:  genus_Echinocactus  globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
           member:  echinocactus__barrel_cactus  any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
        member:  genus_Echinocereus__Echinocereus  large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
           member:  hedgehog_cereus  cactus of the genus Echinocereus
           member:  rainbow_cactus  a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
        member:  genus_Epiphyllum  small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
           member:  epiphyllum__orchid_cactus  any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers
        member:  genus_Ferocactus__Ferocactus  genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
           member:  barrel_cactus  a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
        member:  genus_Gymnocalycium__Gymnocalycium  large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
        member:  genus_Harrisia__Harrisia  genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
        member:  genus_Hatiora__Hatiora  small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
           member:  Easter_cactus__Hatiora_gaertneri__Schlumbergera_gaertneri  spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
        member:  genus_Hylocereus__Hylocereus  genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
           member:  night-blooming_Hylocereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus  any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
        member:  genus_Lemaireocereus__Lemaireocereus  tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit
           member:  Lemaireocereus_chichipe__chichipe  tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
        member:  genus_Lophophora__Lophophora  two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
           member:  mezcal__mescal__peyote__Lophophora_williamsii  a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
        member:  genus_Mammillaria  large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
           member:  mammillaria  any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
        member:  genus_Melocactus__Melocactus  genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
        member:  genus_Myrtillocactus__Myrtillocactus  small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America
           member:  garambulla_cactus__garambulla__Myrtillocactus_geometrizans  arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
        member:  genus_Pediocactus__Pediocactus  low-growing cacti of the American Great Plains
           member:  Knowlton's_cactus__Pediocactus_knowltonii  small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species
        member:  genus_Nopalea__Nopalea  a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
           member:  nopal  any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
        member:  genus_Opuntia__Opuntia  large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
           member:  prickly_pear_cactus__prickly_pear__pricklypear  cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
           member:  Opuntia_cholla__cholla  arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
        member:  genus_Pereskia__Pereskia__Peireskia__genus_Peireskia  genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
           member:  Barbados_gooseberry__Barbados-gooseberry_vine__Pereskia_aculeata  West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
        member:  genus_Rhipsalis__Rhipsalis  large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
           member:  mistletoe_cactus  a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
        member:  genus_Schlumbergera__Schlumbergera  South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
           member:  Christmas_cactus__Schlumbergera_buckleyi__Schlumbergera_baridgesii  epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
        member:  genus_Selenicereus__Selenicereus  mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
           member:  night-blooming_Selenicereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus  any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
        member:  genus_Zygocactus__Zygocactus  small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
           member:  crab_cactus__Thanksgiving_cactus__Zygocactus_truncatus__Schlumbergera_truncatus  South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera

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