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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Disocactus

[= Aporocactus]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots > Order: Caryophyllales > Familty: Cactaceae

Three species cultivated, all native to Mexico.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

Disocactus flagelliformis (Rat tail cactus)

[= Aporocactus flagelliformis]

Native to Mexico

 

Disocactus martianus

[= Aporocactus martianus]

Native to Mexico.

 

Disocactus ackermannii

[= Epiphyllum ackermannii]

Native to Mexico.