Familia:Cactaceae
Subfamilia:Cactoideae
Tribus:Cereeae
Subtribus:Trichocereinae
Genus:Discocactus
Species:D. bahiensis –D. boliviensis –D. catingicola –D. diersianus –D. fariae-peresii –D. ferricola –D. hartmannii –D. heptacanthus –D. horstii –D. placentiformis –D. pseudoinsignis –D. zehntneri

• DiscocactusPfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 241. 1837.
  • Type species: Discocactus insignis Pfeiff.

• Neodiscocactus Y.Itô

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. (1837)Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 241.

• Korotkova, N.,Aquino, D.,Arias, S.,Eggli, U.,Franck, A.,Gómez-Hinostrosa, C.,Guerrero, P.C.,Hernández, H.M.,Kohlbecker, A.,Köhler, M.,Luther, K.,Majure, L.C.,Müller, A.,Metzing, D.,Nyffeler, R.,Sánchez, D.,Schlumpberger, B. &Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family.Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270.DOI:10.3372/wi.51.51208Reference page. 

• Korotkova, N.et al. 2021.Discocactus inCactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 06.Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.et al. 2021.Discocactus inKew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 20.Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021.Discocactus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 20 2021.Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021.Discocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021.Discocactus.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In:Roskovh, Y.,Abucay, L.,Orrell, T.,Nicolson, D.,Bailly, N.,Kirk, P.,Bourgoin, T.,DeWalt, R.E.,Decock, W.,De Wever, A.,Nieukerken, E. van,Zarucchi, J. &Penev, L., eds. 2021.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 20.Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021.World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora..Discocactus. Accessed: 20 Apr 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network.Discocactus in theGermplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

For more multimedia, look atDiscocactus onWikimedia Commons.

• Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer taxa

• Pages with taxonavigation templates
• Pages with vernacular names