Cactaceae

Checklist: Cactaceae

CACTACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

To go to the main family page, click on the family name above.

Literature:
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978) Cactaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Names

HARRISIA Britton
Harrisia martinii (Labour.) Britton
Eriocereus martinii (Labour) Riccob.

CEPHALOCEREUS Pfeiff.
Cephalocereus polylophus (DC.) Britton & Rose
Neobuxbaumia polylopha (DC.) Backeb.

MYRTILLOCACTUS Console
Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console

LOPHOCEREUS Britton & Rose
Lophocereus marginatus (DC.) S. Arias & Terrazas

PACHYCEREUS (A. Berger) Britton & Rose
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm. ex S. Watson) Britton & Rose

KROENLEINIA Lodé
Kroenleinia grusonii (Hildm.) Lodé
Echinocactus grusonii Hildm.

AUSTROCYLINDROPUNTIA Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb.
Austrocylindropuntia exaltata (A. Berger) Backeb.
Opuntia exaltata O. Berger

5401.000 CEREUS Mill.
Cereus hildmannianus K. Schum.
Cereus jamacaru DC.

5401.060 HYLOCEREUS (A.Berger) Britton & Rose
Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) Britton & Rose
Cereus undatus Haworth

5401.090 CLEISTOCACTUS Lem.
Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R. Hunt

5405.000 EPIPHYLLUM Haw.
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Cactus oxypetalus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

5416.000 RHIPSALIS Gaertn.
Rhipsalis cereuscula Haw.

5417.000 OPUNTIA Mill.
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Opuntia megacantha Salm Dyck
Opuntia fulgida Engelm.
Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth
Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb.
Opuntia rosea DC.
Opuntia imbricata (Haw.) DC.
Cereus imbricatus Haw.
Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) Knuth
Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff.

5421.000 PERESKIA Mill.
Pereskia aculeata Mill.

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