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21. euphorbiaceae (Phocagallery / euphorbiaceae) Habitat: the family is distributed across warm temperate, subtropical and tropical areas occurring in Central and Austral Africa, Madagascar, the Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Zambia, with a few species growing ... 22. ferocactus (Phocagallery / ferocactus) Habitat: deserts of Mexico and southwestern United States: Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico. Description: a genus of plants variable in size, with robust, often hooked and sometimes colourful spines. ... 23. fouquieriaceae (Phocagallery / fouquieriaceae) Habitat: Mexico and western United States. Description: dicotyledonous plants growing into spiny shrubs or deciduous trees with large flowers. Synonymous with Idria. Soil: basic mix. Location: ... 24. frailea (Phocagallery / frailea) Habitat: South America: southern Brazil, northern Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina; regions characterized by heavy, erratic downpours. Description: a group of small, spherical cacti, not exceeding 3-4 cm ... 25. haageocereus (Phocagallery / haageocereus) Habitat: foggy coastal deserts of Peru. Description: a genus of yellow or green-spined cacti with upright or sprawling habit, usually branching. The nocturnal flowers come in a variety of colours. Soil: ... 26. 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 ... 27. lemaireocereus (Phocagallery / lemaireocereus) Habitat: Mexico, southern areas of United States, Central America, Peru. Description: a group of diverse plants, whose taxonomy is still debated, with upright or decumbent, sometimes branching habit. ... 28. lobivia (Phocagallery / lobivia) Habitat: South America: Bolivia, Peru, Argentina. Description: a genus of small clumping globular plants, naturally growing in mountainous regions. In the summer, large, funnel-shaped flowers are borne ... 29. lophocereus (Phocagallery / lophocereus) Habitat: Arizona, Mexico. Description: a group of columnar, upright cacti branching from the base that form greenish shrub-like structures. They have prominent ribs and large woolly areoles. The spines ... 30. 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. ... 31. mammillaria (Phocagallery / mammillaria) Habitat: Mexico, south-west of the United States, South America, West Indies. Description: a genus of small, globular or cylindrical plants, from whose axils tiny, crown-shaped flowers arise; they may ... 32. melocactus (Phocagallery / melocactus) Habitat: West Indies, Brazil, Cuba, Peru, Mexico. In their native countries they can be also found growing on the seashore. Description: globular cacti with straight ribs and very variable in spination. ... 33. monvillea (Phocagallery / monvillea) Habitat: Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Brazil, Peru. Description: a genus of clumping cacti whose slender stems are up to 2 metres (6.5 ft) long with more or less rounded ribs (up to nine) bearing ... 34. neobuxbaumia (Phocagallery / neobuxbaumia) Habitat: Mexico. Description: the genus comprises columnar, sometimes branching cacti. Flowers arise from areoles near the top or along the side. According to Hunt it is synonymous with Cephalocereus. ... 35. neoporteria (Phocagallery / neoporteria) Habitat: southern Peru, Argentinean and Chilean Andes. Description: a genus of small globular cacti living at great elevations on the Andean ranges; the large, often bicoloured flowers are borne near ... 36. neoraimondia (Phocagallery / neoraimondia) Habitat: desert regions of Peruvian mountains. Description: a genus of cespitose, columnar cacti branching from the base. The diurnal, pink or purple flowers consist of a large tube holding the corolla. ... 37. notocactus (Phocagallery / notocactus) Habitat: prairies of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Description: cacti with a globular or cylindrical stem that produce yellow, quite large flowers from the centre of the apex or just below it. Spines may ... 38. 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 ... 39. oreocereus (Phocagallery / oreocereus) Habitat: distributed over a wide area: Andean ranges of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile growing at heights of up to 3000 m (9800 ft). Description: these plants are typical of mountain cacti, having ... 40. oroya (Phocagallery / oroya) Habitat: foggy deserts on Peruvian Andes. Description: a group of small, globular, slightly squashed cacti with variable spination, often pectinate that flower in the summer after five years or so from ...
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