Cactaceae

Translingual

Pachycereus pringlei
(subfamily Cactoideae)

Etymology

From Cactus (“obsolete genus of succulents”) +‎ -aceae.

Proper noun

Cactaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Caryophyllales – cacti and related plants.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order

Hyponyms

• (family): Cactoideae, Maihuenioideae, Opuntioideae, Pereskioideae – subfamilies
  • Mammillaria – type genus; see Cactaceae on WikispeciesWikispecies for other genera.

References

• Cactaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cactaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cactaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cactaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cactaceae at the Catalogue of Life 
• Cactaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cactaceae at APWeb
• Cactaceae at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Cactaceae at Tropicos
• “Cactaceae”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025