Cactaceae

• “Diadre, D. (2004) Michel Scheidweiler y Henri Galeotti, los padres del género Ariocarpus (Cactaceae).”

  Did You Know? Trade in Mexico's cacti grew in the 1840s

• “The cactus family (Cactaceae) has more than 1,000 different species.”

  Nopales, tunas and pitayas

• “The ecoregion is widely recognized for its diversity and high levels of endemism in Cactaceae.”

  Chihuahuan desert

• “The vegetation includes 3-8 meters (m) - high thorn scrubs with the following dominant families: Cactaceae, Leguminosae, and Capparidaceae (Huber 1997).”

  La Costa xeric shrublands

• “Cactaceae (Trichocereus and Cereus) and Bromeliacea (Dyckia, Deuterochonia, Tillandsia) are more abundant in the northern part of this ecoregion.”

  Argentine Monte

• “The most important plant component of this Ecoregion is the several species of Cactaceae which act as important resources for local fauna.”

  Windward Islands xeric scrub

• “SHABBIR, M. and ZAMAN, A. (1968) Chemical investigation of the flowers of Opuntia elatior (Cactaceae).”

  Chapter 5

• “MOYNA, P. and RAMOS, G. (1975) Cactaceae mucilage composition.”

  Chapter 5

• “Quite unlike anything in the Old World were such cultivated plants as the Cactaceae, the capsicum peppers, and the manioc from which cassava is made.”

  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923

• “Cactaceae belong almost entirely to the New World; but some of the Opuntias have been so long distributed over certain parts of”

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"

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