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Coryphantha
Coryphantha (from Greek, "flowering on the top"), or beehive cactus, is a genus of small to middle-sized, globose or columnar cacti. The genus is native to arid parts of Central America, Mexico, through Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas and north into southwestern, central, and southeastern Montana. With its two subgenera, 57 species and 20 subspecies, it is one of the largest genera of cactus.
49 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Grooved nipple cactus
speciesCoryphantha sulcata
Nipple Beehive Cactus
speciesCoryphantha macromeris
Coryphantha radians
speciesCoryphantha radians
Long-tubercled Cory Cactus
speciesCoryphantha robustispina
Rhinoceros Cactus
speciesCoryphantha echinus
Coryphantha erecta
speciesCoryphantha erecta
Coryphantha elephantidens
speciesCoryphantha elephantidens
Coryphantha delicata
speciesCoryphantha delicata
Coryphantha clavata
speciesCoryphantha clavata
Coryphantha pallida
speciesCoryphantha pallida
Coryphantha delaetiana
speciesCoryphantha delaetiana
Recurved Cory Cactus
speciesCoryphantha recurvata
Coryphantha octacantha
speciesCoryphantha octacantha
Coryphantha salinensis
speciesCoryphantha salinensis
Coryphantha durangensis
speciesCoryphantha durangensis
Coryphantha poselgeriana
speciesCoryphantha poselgeriana
Coryphantha ottonis
speciesCoryphantha ottonis
Coryphantha retusa
speciesCoryphantha retusa
Coryphantha neglecta
speciesCoryphantha neglecta
Coryphantha pycnacantha
speciesCoryphantha pycnacantha
Coryphantha nickelsiae
speciesCoryphantha nickelsiae
Coryphantha cornifera
speciesCoryphantha cornifera
Coryphantha echinoidea
speciesCoryphantha echinoidea
Coryphantha compacta
speciesCoryphantha compacta
Coryphantha georgii
speciesCoryphantha georgii
Coryphantha pseudoradians
speciesCoryphantha pseudoradians
Coryphantha glanduligera
speciesCoryphantha glanduligera
Coryphantha difficilis
speciesCoryphantha difficilis
Bunched Cory Cactus
speciesCoryphantha ramillosa
Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis
speciesCoryphantha maiz-tablasensis
Coryphantha glassii
speciesCoryphantha glassii
Coryphantha hintoniorum
speciesCoryphantha hintoniorum
Coryphantha potosiana
speciesCoryphantha potosiana
Coryphantha pseudechinus
speciesCoryphantha pseudechinus
Coryphantha pseudonickelsiae
speciesCoryphantha pseudonickelsiae
Coryphantha kracikii
speciesCoryphantha kracikii
Coryphantha vogtherriana
speciesCoryphantha vogtherriana
Coryphantha longicornis
speciesCoryphantha longicornis
Coryphantha jalpanensis
speciesCoryphantha jalpanensis
Coryphantha gracilis
speciesCoryphantha gracilis
Coryphantha werdermannii
speciesCoryphantha werdermannii
Coryphantha vaupeliana
speciesCoryphantha vaupeliana
Coryphantha wohlschlageri
speciesCoryphantha wohlschlageri
Coryphantha tripugionacantha
speciesCoryphantha tripugionacantha
Coryphantha pulleineana
speciesCoryphantha pulleineana
Coryphantha ibarrana
speciesCoryphantha ibarrana
Coryphantha sulcolanata
speciesCoryphantha sulcolanata
Coryphantha reduncispina
speciesCoryphantha reduncispina
Coryphantha palmeri
speciesCoryphantha palmeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72072.