Mammillaria beneckei is a small cactus with green to greenish-brown stems with areoles at the tip of the tubercles, each bearing a cluster …
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The family Cactaceae (cactus, cacti) is divided into four subfamilies (Pereskioideae, Opuntioideae, Cactoideae and Maihuenioideae), around 125 – 130 genera and 1,400 – 1,500 species of flowering plants with succulent (water-storing) stems.
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Consolea moniliformis (Necklacelike Pricklypear), formerly known as Opuntia moniliformis, is a tree-like cactus with an upright …
Opuntia chlorotica (Pancake Prickly Pear) is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a spiny, well-defined trunk and branches of blue-green …
Mammillaria albilanata is a small cactus with gray-green stems densely covered with short spines and white wool. It can grow solitary or …
Opuntia dejecta (Spiny Nopal), formerly known as Nopalea dejecta, is a shrubby or tree-like cactus with a trunk and segmented, spreading …
Cylindropuntia fulgida f. cristata is a peculiar cactus that creates fascinating sculptural forms as it matures. The contorted stem …
Mammillaria karwinskiana subsp. nejapensis (Silver Arrows), also known as Mammillaria nejapensis, is a small cactus with green to bluish …
Mammillaria baumii is a small cactus that grows in clusters of spherical to egg-shaped stems almost completely hidden by bristle-like …
Aylostera pygmaea, formerly known as Rebutia pygmaea, is a small cactus that forms a dense clump of spherical to short cylindrical stems …
Opuntia decumbens is a shrubby cactus with decumbent branches divided into flattened segments (pads) with purple or reddish pigmentation …