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406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 140-170 genera (circumscription still very much in flux), ca. 1700-1800 spp. Latest phylogeny: de Vos et al. (2025). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1831; hybrids: 80
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
406.6323 Genus Leuchtenbergia Hook.; Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4393 (1848)
Distribution: N-Mexico
Species listed in database: 1
species :
Leuchtenbergia principis Fisch. ex Hook.; Bot. Mag. 74: t. 4393 (1848)
Name: Agave Cactus, Cob Cactus, Prism Cactus
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
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A complete, synonymic checklist of the Higher Plants of the World

Version 25.12 (Dec. 21st, 2025)

Covering 358,226 accepted species,
8,847 hybrids, 48,003 accepted infraspecific taxa and 1,006,142 synonyms,
in total 1,421,218* names

[*about 25,000 dubious, "unplaced" names and about 4,000 invalid names (Art. 24.3) like "typicus" are deliberately omitted]

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