Cactaceae

A family of up to 220 genera and 2000 species of succulent, usually spiny herbs and shrubs, sometimes climbing, from temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.  [FNSW].  A handful of species are of some economic importance for their fruit or other products.  Represented in the Hortus by nearly 30 ornamental species. At least one species was probably introduced to obtain Cochineal dye.

Plants in this Family

  1. Cereus ferox Haw.
  2. Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
  3. Disocactus alatus (Sw.) Kimnach
  4. Disocactus flagelliformis (L.) Barthlott
  5. Disocactus x mallisonii (Otto & Dietr.) Barthlott
  6. Echinopsis eyriesii (Turp.) Zucc. ex Pfeiff & Otto
  7. Epiphyllum ackermanii Haw.
  8. Epiphyllum oxypetalum Haw.
  9. Epiphyllum phyllanthus (L.) Haw.
  10. Epiphyllum x jenkinsonii Hort.
  11. Hatiora salicornioides (Haw.) Britton & Rose
  12. Heliocereus speciosus (Cav.) Britt. & Rose
  13. Hylocereus lemairei (Hook.) Britt. & Rose
  14. Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britt. & Rose
  15. Malacocarpus ottonis (Lehm.) Britton & Rose
  16. Nopalxochia phyllanthoides (DC.) Britt. & Rose
  17. Opuntia brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw.
  18. Opuntia cochinellifera (L.) Mill.
  19. Opuntia leucotricha DC.
  20. Pereskia aculeata Mill.
  21. Rhipsalis baccifera (J.S.Muell.) Stearn
  22. Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran
  23. Selenicereus grandiflorus (L.) Britt. & Rose
  24. Trichocereus chiloensis (Colla.) Britt. & Rose