Checklist: Cactaceae

CACTACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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

Rhipsalis baccifera
Literature:   
Gonçalves, M.L. (1978) Cactaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4  
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
HARRISIA Britton 
Harrisia martinii (Labour.) Britton S
Eriocereus martinii (Labour) Riccob.
  
AUSTROCYLINDROPUNTIA Backeb. 
Austrocylindropuntia subulata (Muehlenpf.) Backeb. W
Austrocylindropuntia exaltata (A. Berger) Backeb.
Opuntia exaltata O. Berger
  
5401.000 CEREUS Mill. 
Cereus jamacaru DC. S (other?)
  
5416.000 RHIPSALIS Gaertn. 
Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn E
Hariota parasitica sensu Hiern
Rhipsalis cassytha Gaertn.
  
5417.000 OPUNTIA Mill. 
*Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. W,C,E,S
Opuntia megacantha Salm Dyck
*Opuntia fulgida Engelm. W,S
Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) F.M. Knuth
Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb.
Opuntia rosea DC.
  
5421.000 PERESKIA Mill. 
Pereskia aculeata Mill.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Checklist: Cactaceae].
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=42, retrieved 26 April 2025

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