2025

Classification of the family Cactaceae (updated phylogenetic system, 2025+)

№	Subfamily	Tribe	Subtribe	Genera
1	Leuenbergerioideae			Leuenbergeria
2	Pereskioideae			Pereskia
3.1	Opuntioideae	Opuntieae		Airampoa, Brasiliopuntia, Consolea, Miqueliopuntia, Opuntia, Salmonopuntia, Tacinga
3.2		Cylindropuntieae		Cylindropuntia, Grusonia, Micropuntia, Pereskiopsis, Quiabentia, Corynopuntia
3.3		Pterocacteae		Austrocylindropuntia, Cumulopuntia, Maihueniopsis, Pterocactus, Tephrocactus
4	Maihuenioideae			Maihuenia
5	Blossfeldioideae			Blossfeldia
6.1	Cactoideae	Lymanbensonieae		Calymmanthium, Lymanbensonia
6.2		Copiapoeae		Copiapoa
6.3.1		Cacteae	*Echinocactinae	Astrophytum, Aztekium, Echinocactus, Geohintonia, Sclerocactus
6.3.2			Ferocactinae	Ferocactus, Glandulicactus, Kroenleinia, Leuchtenbergia, Stenocactus, Thelocactus
6.3.3			Cactinae	Acharagma, Ariocarpus, Cochemiea, Coryphantha, Cumarinia, Epithelantha, Kadenicarpus, Lophophora, Mammillaria, Mammilloydia, Neolloydia, Obregonia, Oehmea, Ortegocactus, Pediocactus, Pelecyphora, Rapicactus, Strombocactus, Turbinicarpus
6.4.1		Phyllocacteae	*Corryocactinae	Austrocactus, Brachycereus, Corryocactus, Eulychnia, Jasminocereus, Neoraimondia, Pfeiffera, Strophocactus
6.4.2			Leptocereinae	Armatocereus, Castellanosia, Leptocereus
6.4.3			Hylocereinae	Acanthocereus, Aporocactus, Disocactus, Epiphyllum, Hylocereus, Kimnachia, Pseudorhipsalis, Selenicereus, Weberocereus
6.4.4			Echinocereinae	Backebergia, Bergerocactus, Carnegiea, Cephalocereus, Echinocereus, Escontria, Isolatocereus, Lemaireocereus, Lophocereus, Marginatocereus, Marshallocereus, Myrtillocactus, Nyctocereus, Pachycereus, Peniocereus, Polaskia, Pterocereus, Stenocereus
6.5		Fraileeae		Frailea
6.6		Rhipsalideae		Hatiora, Lepismium, Rhipsalidopsis, Rhipsalis, Schlumbergera
6.7		Notocacteae		Eriosyce, Neowerdermannia, Parodia, Yavia
6.8.1		Cereeae	Uebelmanniinae	Uebelmannia
6.8.2			Aylosterinae	Aylostera
6.8.3			Rebutiinae	Browningia, Rebutia, Weingartia
6.8.4			Gymnocalyciinae	Gymnocalycium
6.8.5	Cereeae (continued)	Cereinae	Arrojadoa, Brasilicereus, Cereus, Cipocereus, Coleocephalocereus, Discocactus, Espostoopsis, Facheiroa, Floribunda, Lagenosocereus, Leocereus, Melocactus, Micranthocereus, Pierrebraunia, Pilosocereus, Praecereus, Siccobaccatus, Stephanocereus, Stetsonia, Xiquexique
6.8.6		Reicheocactinae	Reicheocactus
6.8.7		Trichocereinae	Acanthocalycium, Arthrocereus, Borzicactus, Cephalocleistocactus, Cleistocactus, Cremnocereus, Denmoza, Echinopsis, Espostoa, Haageocereus, Harrisia, Lasiocereus, Leucostele, Matucana, Mila, Oreocereus, Oroya, Pygmaeocereus, Rauhocereus, Samaipaticereus, Setiechinopsis, Vatricania, Weberbauerocereus, Winterocereus, Yungasocereus

This classification follows recent phylogenetic revisions (including Aquino et al. 2022), in which the genus Escobaria is included within Pelecyphora.

Notes

• Paraphyletic taxa are marked with an asterisk (*).
• This classification integrates recent taxonomic updates beyond McGinnie et al. (2025).