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| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Agave americana | American century plant Century plant | |
| Agave lechuguilla | Lechuguilla | |
| Agave parryi | Parry's agave Century plant Parry agave | |
| Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana | Parry's agave New Mexico agave | |
| Agave parryi ssp. parryi | Century plant Mescal Parry's agave Rough agave | |
| Agave univittata | Maguey mezortillo Thorncrest century plant | |
| Ariocarpus fissuratus | Chautle livingrock | |
| Coryphantha macromeris var. macromeris | Nipple Beehive Cactus Big Needle Cactus Big Nipple Cory-Cactus Dona Ana Long Mamma | |
| Coryphantha sulcata | Nipple Cactus Pineapple cactus | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Cane cactus Cholla Teddy-bear cholla Tree cholla Walkingstick cholla | |
| Cylindropuntia leptocaulis | Christmas cactus Christmas cholla Desert Christmas cactus Pencil cactus Tasajillo | |
| Cylindropuntia tunicata | Thistle cholla | |
| Echinocereus chisoensis | Chisos hedgehog Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocereus coccineus var. paucispinus | Scarlet hedgehog cactus Claret Cup | |
| Echinocereus dasyacanthus | Spiny hedgehog cactus Texas rainbow cactus Golden rainbow hedgehog Yellow Pitaya | |
| Echinocereus enneacanthus | Pitaya Strawberry cactus | |
| Echinocereus fendleri | Pinkflower hedgehog cactus Pink-flower hedgehog cactus Strawberry cactus Fendler hedgehog | |
| Echinocactus horizonthalonius | Devilshead | |
| Echinomastus intertextus | White fishhook cactus | |
| Echinocereus pectinatus | Rainbow cactus | |
| Echinocereus pentalophus | Ladyfinger cactus Alicoche Dog Tail | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus Órgano-pequeño de colores Purple candle | |
| Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. reichenbachii | Lace Cactus Lace hedgehog cactus | |
| Echeveria strictiflora | Desert Savior | |
| Echinocereus stramineus | Strawberry hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocactus texensis | Chisos Hedgehog Devil’s head Horse crippler | |
| Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret cup Hedgehog cactus Kingcup cactus Mojave mound | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus | Green Pitaya Nylon hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus var. cylindricus | Green-flowered hedgehog Nylon hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinocereus viridiflorus var. davisii | Davis' hedgehog cactus | |
| Echinomastus warnockii | Warnock's fishhook cactus | |
| Epithelantha micromeris | Pingpong ball cactus Button Cactus | |
| Ferocactus hamatacanthus | Turk's head Turk’s head | |
| Ferocactus wislizeni | Candy barrelcactus Candy barrel cactus Fishhook barrel cactus Southwestern barrel cactus | |
| Grusonia grahamii | Graham dog cactus Graham's pricklypear | |
| Grusonia parishii | Devil Cholla Matted cholla | |
| Grusonia schottii | Dog cholla Big Bend pricklypear | |
| Hechtia glomerata | Guapilla | |
| Hesperaloe parviflora | Red yucca Coral yucca Red flowered false yucca Redflower false yucca Samandoque Yellow yucca | |
| Hechtia texensis | Texas false agave Guapilla | |
| Lophophora williamsii | Peyote | |
| Mammillaria heyderi | Little nipple cactus | |
| Mammillaria lasiacantha | Lacespine nipple cactus | |
| Manfreda maculosa | False Aloe Spice lily Spice-Lily | |
| Mammillaria pottsii | Rat-tail nipple cactus | |
| Mammillaria prolifera var. texana | Texas nipple cactus | |
| Manfreda sileri | Siler's tuberose | |
| Manfreda virginica | False aloe Rattlesnake master | |
| Neolloydia conoidea | Chihuahuan beehive Cone cactus | |
| Opuntia ellisiana | Spineless prickly pear Tigertongue South Texas pricklypear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus apple | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus apple Prickly pear | |
| Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri | Texas pricklypear Prickly Pear Texas Prickly Pear | |
| Opuntia fragilis | Brittle pricklypear Fragile Prickly-pear Pygmy Prickly Pear Brittle cactus | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Devil's-tongue Low prickly pear Smooth prickly pear Prickly pear | |
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Common prickly-pear Plains prickly pear Prickly Pear Twist-spine prickly-pear Twistspine pricklypear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra | Purple Prickly Pear Purple pricklypear | |
| Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra | Purple pricklypear | |
| Opuntia polyacantha | Plains pricklypear Hair-spine prickly-pear Plains prickly-pear | |
| Opuntia rufida | Blind prickly pear Blind pricklypear | |
| Opuntia ×spinosibacca | ||
| Sclerocactus scheeri | Scheer's fishhook cactus | |
| Stenocereus thurberi | Organpipe cactus Organ-pipe cactus | |
| Thelocactus setispinus | Miniature barrel cactus Hedgehog Cactus | |
| Yucca baccata | Banana yucca Blue yucca Fleshy-fruited yucca Datil | |
| Yucca campestris | Plains yucca | |
| Yucca elata | Soaptree yucca Soaptree Palmilla Palmella Amole | |
| Yucca faxoniana | Eve's needle Faxon yucca Palma samandoca Palma barreta Spanish bayonet | |
| Yucca filamentosa | Adam's needle | |
| Yucca glauca | Soapweed yucca Narrowleaf yucca Plains yucca Beargrass | |
| Yucca pallida | Pale-leaf yucca | |
| Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf yucca Twisted-leaf yucca Texas yucca | |
| Yucca thompsoniana | Thompson's yucca Thompson Yucca Beaked yucca | |
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