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1. agavaceae-nolinaceae (Phocagallery / agavaceae-nolinaceae) Habitat: tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, particularly Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia; the Mediterranean. Description: a family ... 2. ariocarpus (Phocagallery / ariocarpus) Habitat: Texas, New Mexico, Northern Mexico. Description: they have a short stem with hard, large tubercles and a fleshy taproot. The white, pink or purple flowers arise from the centre. They are adapted ... 3. asphodelaceae-hyacinthaceae (Phocagallery / asphodelaceae-hyacinthaceae) Habitat: South Africa, Madagascar, Malawi, Australia, America, Arabian Peninsula, Socotra. Description: a family of monocotyledonous plants comprising about 500 species, mostly herbaceous perennials, ... 4. astrophytum (Phocagallery / astrophytum) Habitat: Mexico, Texas. Description: cacti with globular but more often columnar stems which may have four to eight ribs (up to ten as the plants grow older) and be covered with a variable number of ... 5. caudiciforms (Phocagallery / caudiciformi) Habitat: Africa, Australia, Socotra, Central and South America, Mexico, Baja California, California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas. Description: this is ... 6. cephalocereus (Phocagallery / cephalocereus) Habitat: Central and South America, particularly Brazil. Description: a columnar ribbed cactus with spiny areoles bearing flowers near the top when the plant is mature, usually after several years. It ... 7. cereus (Phocagallery / cereus) Habitat: Central and South America, West Indies. Description: the genus is comprised of very tall, woolly, spiny cacti; they show a columnar habit and a tendency to develop lateral branches. Adult specimens ... 8. convolvulaceae (Phocagallery / convolvulaceae) Habitat: India, South Africa,Transvaal region, Namibia. Description: these woody or herbaceous plants often show a climbing habit and may contain latex. They generally have a large rhizome or caudex. ... 9. crassulaceae (Phocagallery / crassulaceae) Subfamilies: CRASSULOIDEAE, SEDOIDEAE, COTYLEDONOIDEAE, KALANCHOIDEAE, ECHEVERIOIDEAE, SEMPERVIVOIDEAE. According to some botanists only two of them are to be considered subfamilies:the Crassuloideae and ... 10. cactaceous flower forms (Phocagallery / forme florali-cactaceae) Presented here are the many different flower forms of cacti; we wish this may help you identify your plant genus and species. 11. succulent flower forms (Phocagallery / forme-florali-succulente) Presented here are the many different flower forms of succulents; we wish this may help you identify your plant genus and species. VISIT THE FAMILIES OF SUCCULENTS 12. gavazzi (Phocagallery / gavazzi) Courtesy of Prof. Gavazzi. 13. geraniaceae (Phocagallery / geraniaceae) Habitat: nearly all the species are from South Africa. Description: a family of dicotyledonous, herbaceous plants. The leaves are normally opposite, palmate-veined, sometimes covered in soft hairs. ... 14. harrisia (Phocagallery / harrisia) Habitat: Cuba, Argentina, Jamaica, Florida. Description: sprawling or creeping night-flowering plants with large, long-tubed blooms in the summer, followed by scaly fruits. They are now within the genus ... 15. islaya (Phocagallery / islaya) Habitat: foggy coastal deserts of Peru and Chile where it hardly ever rains and rocky areas up to 1000 metres (3300 ft). Description: a group of cacti with a green, solitary, spherical or cylindrical ... 16. machareocereus (Phocagallery / machareocereus) Habitat: Mexico, southern United States, Central America, Peru. Description: a group of upright or sprawling cacti with basal branching; they spread by means of runner-like stems with an ascending tip. ... 17. obregonia (Phocagallery / obregonia) Habitat: northwestern Mexico. Description: the genus is related to Ariocarpus and Strombocactus; the plants have a big taproot, large triangular, rosette-like tubercles with areoles on their tip. The ... 18. ortegocactus (Phocagallery / ortegocactus) Habitat: Mexico (Oaxaca State), growing in the crevices of dark volcanic rocks at approximately 2500 m (8200 ft) of altitude. Description: a genus of small, globular cacti having a greenish-gray epidermis ... 19. rhipsalis (Phocagallery / rhipsalis) Habitat: Central and South America, Asia, eastern and western Africa, Madagascar, Ceylon. Description: a wide genus of highly decorative plants comprising many different epiphytic, forest species. They ... 20. selenicereus (Phocagallery / selenicereus) Habitat: tropical forests of Mexico, Central and South America. Description: a group of epiphytic plants having thin, flexuos runners with a cylindrical or angular section, developing ribs and aerial ...
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