Cactaceae

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

FAMILY

Published in

Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789.

Classification

kingdom

Plantae

phylum

Tracheophyta

class

Magnoliopsida

order

Caryophyllales

family

Cactaceae

Name

Synonyms

Leuchtenbergiaceae

Opuntiaceae

Homonyms

Cactaceae

Common names

cacti in English

cactus in French

Cactacées in French

cactus family in English

Bibliographic References

1. Alexander, Edward F., 2001: null. The Cactus Family. 776.
2. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(2): 105-121. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
5. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug
6. Hunt, David, 2006: null. The New Cactus Lexicon: Text. x + 373.
7. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
8. Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html.