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Hierarchical position of the Genus Cactus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Cactaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Cactus       Subfamilia  Cactoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 43. Apr-Mai 1836.    Tribus  Cacteae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 561. 1832.    Genus  Cactus L. pub. (1753)

Named members of the Genus Cactus

1	Species  brasiliensis Willd. syn. Opuntia brasiliensis
2	Species  cochenilliferus L. syn. Opuntia cochenillifera
3	Species  dillenii Ker-Gawl. syn. Opuntia stricta var. dillenii
4	Species  ficus-indica L. syn. Opuntia ficus-indica
5	Species  fragilis Nutt. syn. Opuntia fragilis var. fragilis
6	Species  intortus P. Mill. syn. Melocactus intortus
7	Species  pereskia L. syn. Pereskia aculeata
8	Species  pusillus Haw. syn. Opuntia pusilla
9	Species  robustispinus (Schott ex Engelm.) Kuntze syn. Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina
10	Species  spinosissimus (P. Mill.) Martyn syn. Opuntia spinosissima
11	Species  strictus Haw. syn. Opuntia stricta var. stricta
12	Species  triacanthus Willd. syn. Opuntia triacantha

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.