#order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #subclass_Caryophyllidae
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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