Tephrocactus

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Tephrocactus
Tephrocactus articulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Opuntioideae
Tribe: Tephrocacteae
Genus: Tephrocactus
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Species
  • Tephrocactus alexanderi
  • Tephrocactus aoracanthus
  • Tephrocactus articulatus
  • Tephrocactus geometricus
  • Tephrocactus molinensis
  • Tephrocactus weberi
  • etc.

Tephrocactus (from Greek tephra, "ash", referring to the color of these plants' epidermis) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae).