Cactaceae

Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1994. A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Acanthocereus (Engelm. ex Berger) Britt. & Rose

tetragonus (L.) Humm. = SYNONOMY: Acanthocereus floridanus Small , Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.) Britt. & Rose , Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw.

Ariocarpus Scheidw.

fissuratus (Engelm.) K. Schum. = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria fissurata Engelm.

Astrophytum Lem.

asterias (Zucc.) Lem. = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus asterias Zucc.

Bergerocactus Britt. & Rose

emoryi (Engelm.) Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Bergerocereus emoryi (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose , Cereus emoryi Engelm.

Carnegia Britt. & Rose

gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus giganteus Engelm.

Cereus P. Mill.

hexagonus (L.) P. Mill.

uruguayanus Kiesling = SYNONOMY: Cereus peruvianus auct. non (L.) P. Mill. , Piptanthocereus peruvianus auct. non (L.) Riccob.

Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem.

cornifera (DC.) Lem.

macromeris (Engelm.) Lem.

ramillosa Cutak = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria ramillosa (Cutak) Weiniger , Mammillaria scolymoides Scheidw.

recurvata (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria recurvata Engelm.

scheeri (Muehlenpfordt) L. Benson

sulcata (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

Echinocactus Link & Otto

horizonthalonius Lem.

polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow

texensis Hopffer = SYNONOMY: Homalocephala texensis (Hopffer) Britt. & Rose

Echinocereus Engelm.

berlandieri (Engelm.) Haage f.

chisoensis W.T. Marsh. = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus reichenbachii var. chisoensis (W.T. Marsh.) L. Benson

chloranthus (Engelm.) Haage f.

coccineus Engelm.

engelmannii (Parry ex Engelm.) Lem.

enneacanthus Engelm.

fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz

x lloydii Britt. & Rose (pro sp.) = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus roetteri (Engelm.) Ruempler

nicholii (L. Benson) Parfitt = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus engelmannii var. nicholii L. Benson

papillosus Linke ex Rumpl.

pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.

pentalophus (DC.) Lem.

polyacanthus Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. polyacanthus (Engelm.) L. Benson

poselgeri Lem. = SYNONOMY: Cereus poselgeri (Lem.) Coult. , Cereus tuberosus Poselg. , Wilcoxia poselgeri (Lem.) Britt. & Rose

pseudopectinatus (N.P. Taylor) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus bristolii var. pseudopectinatus N.P. Taylor , Echinocereus pectinatus var. minor auct. non (Engelm.) L. Benson

reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walp.) Haage f.

rigidissimus (Engelm.) Haage f. = SYNONOMY: Cereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus Engelm. , Echinocereus pectinatus var. rigidissimus (Engelm.) Rumpl.

stramineus (Engelm.) F. Seitz = SYNONOMY: Echinocereus enneacanthus var. stramineus (Engelm.) L. Benson

triglochidiatus Engelm.

viridiflorus Engelm.

Epithelantha A. Weber ex Britt. & Rose

micromeris (Engelm.) A. Weber ex Britt. & Rose

Escobaria Britt. & Rose

albicolumnaria Hester = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha albicolumnaria (Hester) A.D. Zimmerman , Mammillaria albicolumnaria (Hester) Weniger

alversonii (Coult.) N.P. Taylor, comb. nov. ined. = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha alversonii (Coult.) Orcutt , Coryphantha vivipara var. alversonii (Coult.) L. Benson , Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii (Coult.) D.R. Hunt , Mammillaria alversonii (Coult.) Coult. ex Zeissold

dasyacantha (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha robertii Berger , Escobaria bella Britt. & Rose , Escobaria runyonii Britt. & Rose , Mammillaria bella (Britt. & Rose) Weniger , Mammillaria robertii (Berger) Weniger

guadalupensis Brack & Heil

hesteri (Y. Wright) Buxbaum = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha hesteri Y. Wright , Mammillaria hesteri (Y. Wright) Weniger

minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha minima Baird , Coryphantha nellieae Croizat , Escobaria nellieae (Croizat) Backeberg , Mammillaria nellieae (Croizat) Croizat

missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

orcuttii Bodecker = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) L. Benson , Coryphantha strobiliformis var. orcuttii (Bodecker) L. Benson , Escobaria orcuttii var. koenigii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin , Escobaria orcuttii var. macraxima Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin

organensis (A.D. Zimmerman) Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha organensis A.D. Zimmerman

robbinsiorum (W.H. Earle) D.R. Hunt = SYNONOMY: Cochiseia robbinsiorum W.H. Earle , Coryphantha robbinsiorum (W.H. Earle) A.D. Zimmerman

sandbergii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin

sneedii Britt. & Rose

tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Coryphantha dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) L. Benson , Coryphantha strobiliformis auct. non (Poselg.) Orcutt , Escobaria dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R. Hunt , Escobaria strobiliformis auct. non (Poselg.) Scheer ex Bodecker , Escobaria tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) Brack & Heil , Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelm. , Mammillaria varicolor (Tiegel) Weniger

villardii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin

vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum

Ferocactus Britt. & Rose

cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt

emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt = SYNONOMY: Ferocactus covillei Britt. & Rose

hamatacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britt. & Rose

viridescens (Torr. & Gray) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & Gray

wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus wislizeni Engelm.

Harrisia Britt.

aboriginum Small = SYNONOMY: Cereus gracilis var. aboriginus (Small) L. Benson

donae-antoniae M.L. Hooten

fragrans Small = SYNONOMY: Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans (Small) L. Benson

martinii (Labouret) Britt. = SYNONOMY: Cereus martinii Labouret

portoricensis Britt. = SYNONOMY: Cereus portoricensis (Britt.) Urban

simpsonii Small = SYNONOMY: Cereus gracilis var. simpsonii (Small) L. Benson

Hylocereus (Berger) Britt. & Rose

trigonus (Haw.) Safford = SYNONOMY: Cereus trigonus Haw.

undatus (Haw.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus undatus Haw.

Leptocereus (Berger) Britt. & Rose

grantianus Britt. = SYNONOMY: Cereus grantianus (Britt.) Kelsey & Dayton

quadricostatus (Bello) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus quadricostatus Bello

Lophophora Coult.

williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. = SYNONOMY: Lophophora williamsii var. echinata (Croizat) H. Bravo

Mammillaria Haw.

dioica K. Brandeg. = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria dioica var. incerta (Parish) Munz

grahamii Engelm.

heyderi Muehlenpfordt

lasiacantha Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria lasiacantha var. denudata Engelm.

mainiae K. Brandeg.

nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer = SYNONOMY: Neomammillaria nivosa (Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer) Britt. & Rose

pottsii Scheer ex Salm-Dyck

prolifera (P. Mill.) Haw.

sphaerica A. Dietr. = SYNONOMY: Dolichothele sphaerica (A. Dietr.) Britt. & Rose , Mammillaria longimamma var. sphaerica (A. Dietr.) K. Brandeg.

tetrancistra Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Phellosperma tetrancistra (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

thornberi Orcutt

viridiflora (Britt. & Rose) Bodecker = SYNONOMY: Mammillaria orestera L. Benson

wrightii Engelm.

Melocactus Link & Otto

intortus (P. Mill.) Urban = SYNONOMY: Cactus intortus P. Mill.

Neolloydia Britt. & Rose

conoidea (DC.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselg. , Mammillaria conoidea DC.

Opuntia P. Mill.

acanthocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow

aggeria B.E. Ralston & Hilsenbeck

arbuscula Engelm.

arenaria Engelm.

atrispina Griffiths

aureispina (Brack & Heil) Pinkava & Parfitt = SYNONOMY: Opuntia macrocentra var. aureispina Brack & Heil

basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow

bigelovii Engelm.

borinquensis Britt. & Rose

brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw. = SYNONOMY: Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw. , Cactus brasiliensis Willd.

cantabrigiensis Lynch

chisosensis (Anthony) Ferguson = SYNONOMY: Opuntia lindheimeri var. chisosensis Anthony

chlorotica Engelm. & Bigelow

clavata Engelm.

cochenillifera (L.) P. Mill. = SYNONOMY: Cactus cochenilliferus L. , Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck

cordobensis Speg.

cubensis Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Opuntia antillana Britt. & Rose , Opuntia ochrocentra Small

curvospina Griffiths

cymochila Engelm. & Bigelow

x demissa Griffiths (pro sp.)

echinocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow

edwardsii V.& K. Grant

ellisiana Griffiths

engelmannii Salm-Dyck

erinacea Engelm. & Bigelow ex Engelm.

ficus-indica (L.) P. Mill. = SYNONOMY: Cactus ficus-indica L. , Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck

fosbergii C.B. Wolf = SYNONOMY: Opuntia bigelovii var. hoffmannii Fosberg

fragilis (Nutt.) Haw.

fulgida Engelm.

gosseliniana A. Weber = SYNONOMY: Opuntia chlorotica var. gosseliniana (A. Weber) Ferguson , Opuntia violacea var. gosseliniana (A. Weber) L. Benson

grahamii Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Opuntia schottii var. grahamii (Engelm.) L. Benson

heacockiae Arp

humifusa (Raf.) Raf.

imbricata (Haw.) DC.

x kelvinensis V.& K. Grant (pro sp.)

kleiniae DC.

kunzei Rose = SYNONOMY: Opuntia emoryi Engelm. as to type , Opuntia stanlyi Engelm. , Opuntia stanlyi var. kunzei (Rose) L. Benson , Opuntia stanlyi var. peeblesiana L. Benson , Opuntia wrightiana E.M. Baxter

leptocaulis DC.

leucotricha DC.

littoralis (Engelm.) Cockerell

macrocentra Engelm.

macrorhiza Engelm.

martiniana (L. Benson) Parfitt = SYNONOMY: Opuntia littoralis var. martiniana (L. Benson) L. Benson , Opuntia macrocentra var. martiniana L. Benson

microcarpa Engelm. ex B.D. Jackson

monacantha (Willd.) Haw. = SYNONOMY: Opuntia vulgaris P. Mill.

moniliformis (L.) Haw. ex Steud. = SYNONOMY: Consolea moniliformis (L.) Britt.

munzii C.B. Wolf = SYNONOMY: Cylindropuntia X munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeberg

nicholii L. Benson

x occidentalis Engelm. & Bigelow (pro sp.)

oricola Philbrick

parishii Orcutt = SYNONOMY: Opuntia emoryi Engelm. misapplied , Opuntia stanlyi var. parishii (Orcutt) L. Benson

parryi Engelm.

phaeacantha Engelm.

polyacantha Haw.

prolifera Engelm.

pulchella Engelm. = SYNONOMY: Opuntia barkleyana (Daston) Rowley , Opuntia brachyrhopalica (Daston) Rowley , Opuntia gracilicylindrica (Wieg. & Backeberg) Rowley , Opuntia pygmaea (Wieg. & Backeberg) Rowley , Opuntia spectatissima (Daston) Rowley , Opuntia tuberculosirhopalica (Wieg. & Backeberg) Rowley , Opuntia wiegandii (Backeberg) Rowley

pusilla (Haw.) Nutt. = SYNONOMY: Cactus pusillus Haw. , Opuntia drummondii Graham , Opuntia tracyi Britt.

ramosissima Engelm.

repens Bello

rubescens Salm-Dyck ex DC. = SYNONOMY: Consolea rubescens (Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Lem.

rufida Engelm.

santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) Rose = SYNONOMY: Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita Griffiths & Hare , Opuntia violacea var. santa-rita (Griffiths & Hare) L. Benson

schottii Engelm.

x spinosibacca Anthony (pro sp.) = SYNONOMY: Opuntia phaeacantha var. spinosibacca (Anthony) L. Benson

spinosior (Engelm.) Toumey = SYNONOMY: Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior Engelm.

spinosissima P. Mill. = SYNONOMY: Cactus spinosissimus (P. Mill.) Martyn , Consolea corallicola Small

stricta (Haw.) Haw.

strigil Engelm.

x subarmata Griffiths (pro sp.)

superbospina Griffiths = SYNONOMY: Opuntia phaeacantha var. superbospina (Griffiths) L. Benson

tetracantha Toumey = SYNONOMY: Opuntia californica Engelm. , Opuntia kleiniae var. tetracantha (Toumey) W.T. Marsh.

tomentosa Salm-Dyck

triacantha (Willd.) Sweet = SYNONOMY: Cactus triacanthus Willd. , Opuntia abjecta Small

tunicata (Lehm.) Link & Otto

valida Griffiths

versicolor Engelm. ex Coult.

viridiflora Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Opuntia imbricata var. viridiflora (Britt. & Rose) Weniger , Opuntia whipplei var. viridiflora (Britt. & Rose) L. Benson

whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow

wigginsii L. Benson

wolfii (L. Benson) M.A. Baker = SYNONOMY: Opuntia echinocarpa var. wolfii L. Benson

Pachycereus (Berger) Britt. & Rose

schottii (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt = SYNONOMY: Cereus schottii Engelm. , Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

Pediocactus Britt. & Rose

bradyi L. Benson

despainii Welsh & Goodrich

knowltonii L. Benson

paradinei B.W. Benson

peeblesianus (Croizat) L. Benson

sileri (Engelm.) L. Benson

simpsonii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

winkleri Heil

Peniocereus (Berger) Britt. & Rose

greggii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

striatus (Brandeg.) Buxbaum = SYNONOMY: Cereus diguetii A. Weber , Cereus striatus Brandeg. , Neoevansia striata (Brandeg.) S nchez-Mejorada , Wilcoxia diguetii (A. Weber) Peebles , Wilcoxia striata (Brandeg.) Britt. & Rose

Pereskia P. Mill.

aculeata P. Mill. = SYNONOMY: Cactus pereskia L. , Pereskia aculeata var. godseffiana (hort. ex Gard. Chron.) Backeberg & F.M. Knuth ex Krainz , Pereskia pereskia (L.) Karst.

grandifolia Haw.

Pilosocereus Byles & Rowley

robinii (Lem.) Byles & Rowley

royenii (L.) Byles & Rowley = SYNONOMY: Cephalocereus nobilis (Haw.) Britt. & Rose , Cephalocereus royenii (L.) Britt. & Rose , Cereus royenii (L.) P. Mill. , Cereus strictus DC. , Pilocereus strictus (DC.) Rumpl. , Pilosocereus nobilis (Haw.) Byles & Rowley

Rhipsalis Gaertn.

baccifera (Soland. ex J. Mill.) Stearn = SYNONOMY: Cassytha baccifera Soland. ex J. Mill. , Rhipsalis cassutha Gaertn.

Schlumbergera Lem.

truncata (Haw.) Moran = SYNONOMY: Epiphyllum truncatum Haw.

Sclerocactus Britt. & Rose

blainei Welsh & Thorne

contortus Heil

erectocentrus (Coult.) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus erectocentrus Coult. , Echinomastus acunensis W.T. Marsh. , Echinomastus erectocentrus (Coult.) Britt. & Rose , Echinomastus erectocentrus var. acunensis (W.T. Marsh.) H. Bravo , Neolloydia erectocentra (Coult.) L. Benson , Neolloydia erectocentra var. acunensis (W.T. Marsh.) L. Benson

glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson , Pediocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) Arp , Sclerocactus whipplei var. glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) Welsh

intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor

johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus johnsonii Parry ex Engelm. , Echinocactus johnsonii var. lutescens Parish , Echinomastus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) E.M. Baxter , Neolloydia johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) L. Benson , Neolloydia johnsonii var. lutescens (Parish) W.T. Marsh. ex R.G. Engard

mariposensis (Hester) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus mariposensis (Hester) Weniger , Echinomastus mariposensis Hester , Neolloydia mariposensis (Hester) L. Benson

mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) L. Benson = SYNONOMY: Coloradoa mesae-verdae Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids. , Echinocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) L. Benson , Pediocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) Arp

papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus papyracanthus Engelm. , Pediocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) L. Benson , Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose

parviflorus Clover & Jotter

polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. & Bigelow

pubispinus (Engelm.) L. Benson

scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Ancistrocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose , Ancistrocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Britt. & Rose , Ancistrocactus tobuschii (W.T. Marsh.) W.T. Marsh. ex Backeberg , Echinocactus brevihamatus Engelm. , Echinocactus scheeri Salm-Dyck , Echinocactus tobuschii (W.T. Marsh.) Weniger

schlesseri Heil & Welsh

spinosior (Engelm.) Woodruff & L. Benson = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus whipplei var. spinosior Engelm. , Sclerocactus pubispinus var. sileri L. Benson , Sclerocactus pubispinus var. spinosior (Engelm.) Welsh , Sclerocactus whipplei var. spinosior (Engelm.) Boissevain

terrae-canyonae Heil

uncinatus (Galeotti) N.P. Taylor

warnockii (L. Benson) N.P. Taylor = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus warnockii (L. Benson) Weniger , Echinomastus warnockii (L. Benson) Glass & Foster , Neolloydia warnockii L. Benson

whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose

wrightiae L. Benson

Selenicereus (Berger) Britt. & Rose

coniflorus (Weingart) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus coniflorus Weingart , Cereus grandiflorus var. armatus (K. Schum.) L. Benson

grandiflorus (L.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus grandiflorus (L.) P. Mill.

pteranthus (Link ex A. Dietr.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus pteranthus Link ex A. Dietr.

spinulosus (DC.) Britt. & Rose = SYNONOMY: Cereus spinulosus DC.

Stenocereus (Berger) Riccob.

hystrix (Haw.) Buxbaum = SYNONOMY: Cereus hystrix (Haw.) P. Mill. , Lemaireocereus hystrix (Haw.) Salm-Dyck

thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum = SYNONOMY: Cereus thurberi Engelm. , Lemaireocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose , Pachycereus thurberi (Engelm.) H. Bravo

Thelocactus (K. Schum.) Britt. & Rose

bicolor (Galeotti ex Pfeiffer) Britt. & Rose

setispinus (Engelm.) E.F. Anderson = SYNONOMY: Echinocactus setispinus Engelm. , Echinocactus setispinus var. hamatus (Muehlenpfordt) Engelm. , Ferocactus setispinus (Engelm.) L. Benson


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