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Thelocactus | |
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Thelocactus rinconensis | |
Scientific 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 | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
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]