Clades:
Cactaceae;
Portulacales;
Caryophyllidae;
Asteranae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
TaxonomyEchinocactoideae is a subfamily of the big family
Cactaceae. It is also named Cacteae. In
Plant theory 1
Cactaceae was not split in Subfamilies and placed in
Subphase 4 in
Portulacales.
In
Plant theory 2 Cactaceae is split in 4 Subfamilies and
Echinocactoideae is placed in
Subphase 4.
BotanyGlobose, solitary, erect, ribbed, caespitose, tubercled.
SubfamiliesCacteae: Acharagma, Ariocarpus, Astrophytum, Aztekium, Coryphantha, Echinocactus,Echinofossulocactus, Echinomastus, Epithelantha, Escobaria, Ferocactus, Kroenleinia,Leuchtenbergia, Lophophora, Mammillaria, Mammilloydia, Neolloydia, Obregonia, Ortegocactus,Pediocactus, Pelecyphora, Rapicactus, Sclerocactus, Strombocactus, Thelocactus, Turbinicarpus.
Blossfeldieae: Blossfeldia.