Cactus Linn. ex Kuntze, 1891 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 258. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Caryophyllales family Cactaceae genus Cactus Name Homonyms Cactus Smirnov, 1976 Cactus L. Cactus Britton & Rose Cactus Linn. ex Kuntze, 1891 Cactus Lem.