List of edible cacti

• Acanthocereus tetragonus, the sword pear,
• Browningia candelaris,
• Carnegiea gigantea, the Saguaro,
• Cereus repandus - California and Florida
• genus Corryocactus, the tasty berrylike
• * C. brevistylis, C. pulquiensis, and C. erectus
• Coryphantha
• * C. robbinsorum and C. recurvata.
• genus Echinocereus
• * E. engelmannii, E. bonkerae, E. boyce-thompsonii
• * E. enneacanthus, E. cincerascens, E. stramineus
• * E. dasyacanthus, E. fendleri and E. fasciculatus
• * E. brandegeei, E. ledingii and E. nicholii
• * E. engelmannii
• genus Echinopsis
• * South American species
• ** E. atacamensis, E./T. coquimbana and E./T. schickendanzii
• genus Epiphyllum, the Orchid cactus
• * E. anguliger
• genus Epithelantha
• genus Eulychnia
• * E. acida
• genus Ferocactus
• * Ferocactus hamatacanthus
• * F. histrix and F. latispinus
• genus Harrisia, the "Prickly Apples"
• ** Harrisia martinii
• * NOTE: The following 5 are said to be "endangered endemic" :
• ** H. aboriginum, H.simpsonii, H. adscendens, H fragrans and H. eriophora
• ** H. pomanensis
• ** Argentinian H. balansae
• Genus Hylocereus
• * H. undatus, H. costaricensis, H. megalanthus, H. guatemalensis, H. polyrhizus and H. triangularis
• genus Mammillaria
• * M. applanata, M. meiacantha, M. macdougalii, M. lasiacantha
• * M. grahamii, M. oliviae, M. mainiae, M. microcarpa, M. thornberi and many others
• Myrtillocactus geometrizans
• genus Opuntia, the prickly pears
• * Opuntia engelmannii
• * Opuntia ficus-indica
• * Opuntia matudae
• * Opuntia fragilis
• * Opuntia basilaris
• genus Pachycereus,
• * Pachycereus pringlei, the Cardon
• * P. schottii, the Senita and P. weberi, the Candelabro
• genus Peniocereus,
• * Peniocereus greggii, the Arizona Queen of the Night
• * P. johnstonii and P. serpentinus
• genus Pereskia
• * P. aculeata, the "Barbados gooseberry"
• * P. guamacho
• genus Stenocereus )
• * S. fricii, S. griseus, S. gummosus, S. montanus
• * S. queretaroensis, S. standleyi, S. stellatus
• * S. thurberi and S. treleasi