Thelocactus

Thelocactus
Thelocactus rinconensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Thelocactus
(K.Schum.) Britton & Rose[1]
Type species
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus
Species

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Synonyms

Hamatocactus Britton & Rose
Thelomastus Fric[1]

Thelocactus leucacanthus
Thelocactus hexaedrophorus, by Charles Antoine Lemaire, circa 1845.
Time-lapse video of Thelocactus bicolor blooming in response to sunlight.

Thelocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Members of the genus are native to the arid lands of Central and Northern Mexico.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Thelocactus (K. Schum.) Britton & Rose". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-02-13. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  2. ^ "The Genus Thelocactus". www.thelocactus.cactus-mall.com. Retrieved 2024-09-16.