| Latin Name | Common Name | Family | Synonyms | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
| Acanthocereus tetragonus | Pitahaya. Barbed-wire cactus. | Cactaceae | Acanthocereus acutangulus (hort ex Pfeiffer) A. Berg.;
Acanthocereus floridanus Small ex Br. & Rose;
Acanthocereus pentagonus (L.)Br. & Rose;
Acanthocereus pitajaya (DC.) Dugand ex Crozat;
Acanthocereus princeps (Pfeiffer) Backenberg;
Cactus pentagonus L;
Cactus prismaticus Willd.;
Cactus tetragonus L.;
Cereus pentagonus (L.) Haw.;
Cereus princeps Pfeiffer;
Cereus tetragonus L.(Mill.);
Cereus acutangulus hort. ex. Pfeiffer; [1b] | 3 | 0 |
| Carnegiea gigantea | Saguaro | Cactaceae | Homotypic Synonyms: Cereus giganteus Engelm. Pilocereus giganteus (Engelm.) Lem. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler. Heterotypic Synonyms: C. gigantea f. aberrans P.V.Heath. C. gigantea f. cristata. Cereus giganteus Engelm. | 5 | 0 |
| Cereus hildmannianus | Hildmania cactus, Hedge cactus | Cactaceae | Cereus milesimus E.C.Rost. Cereus peruvianus auct | 3 | 0 |
| Cereus repandus | Peruvian apple cactus | Cactaceae | Cactus repandus L. | 3 | 0 |
| Cylindropuntia spp. | Cholla | Cactaceae | Cylindropuntia was formerly treated as a subgenus of Opuntia, but have now been separated based on their cylindrical stems (Opuntia species have flattened stems) and the presence of papery epidermal sheaths on the spines (Opuntia has no sheaths). | 3 | 0 |
| Escontria chiotilla | Chiotilla, Jiotilla | Cactaceae | Cereus chiotilla F.A.C. Weber. Myrtillocactus chiotilla (F.A.C. Weber) P.V. Heath | 4 | 0 |
| Hylocereus megalanthus | Yellow Pitaya | Cactaceae | Cereus megalanthus K.Schum. ex Vaupel Mediocactus megalanthus (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Britton & Rose Se | 4 | 3 |
| Hylocereus undatus | Dragon Fruit, Red Pitaya | Cactaceae | Cereus tricostatus Gosselin Cereus undatus Haw. Hylocereus guatemalensis (Weing.) Britton & Rose Hyl | 4 | 0 |
| Nopalea cochenillifera | Cochineal plant. | Cactaceae | Cactus cochenillifer L.;
Nopalea coccifera Lem.;
Opuntia cochenillifera (L.) Mill.; | 2 | 2 |
| Opuntia compressa | Eastern Prickly Pear, Prickly Pear Cactus | Cactaceae | O. humifusa. Raf. O. macrarthra. O. opuntia. O. rafinesquii. O. vulgaris. | 3 | 1 |
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