Tephrocactus
Sign in to saveTephrocactus (from Greek tephra, "ash", referring to the color of these plants' epidermis) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae). ==Species== Species of the genus Tephrocactus according to Plants of the World Online as of October 2025:
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
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Tephrocactus (from Greek tephra, "ash", referring to the color of these plants' epidermis) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae). ==Species== Species of the genus Tephrocactus according to Plants of the World Online as of October 2025:
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- | ||Tephrocactus abditus || Argentina (Salta) |- |120px ||Tephrocactus alexanderi ||Argentina. |- |120px ||Tephrocactus aoracanthus || Argentina. |- |120px ||Tephrocactus articulatus || Argentina. |- |120px ||Tephrocactus bonnieae ||Argentina (Catamarca) |- |120px||Tephrocactus molinensis ||Argentina (Salta) |- |120px ||Tephrocactus nigrispinus ||Argentina, Bolivia, Chile |- | ||Tephrocactus recurvatus ||Argentina (San Juan) |- | ||Tephrocactus verschaffeltii ||Argentina, Bolivia |- |120px ||Tephrocactus weberi ||Argentina (Salta). |- |}