Listed below are the names of the various tribes, subtribes, genera and subgenera of the Cactaceae family. This classification was recorded by Britton and Rose in their book The Cactaceae. More recent classifications are given in (red italics)

Tribes
Sub-Tribes
Genera
Sub-Genera
A. Pereskieae
Pereskia
B. Opuntieae
Grusonia
Maihuenia
Nopalea	(Opuntia)
Opuntia
a. Cylindropuntia
b. Platyopuntia
c. Tephrocactus
Pereskiopsis
Pterocactus
Tacinga
C. Cereeae
1. Cereanae
Acanthocereus
Arrojadoa
Bergerocactus
Binghamia	(Espostoa)
Borzicactus	(Cleistocactus)
Brachycereus
Browningia
Carnegiea
Cephalocereus
Cereus
Cleistocactus
Corryocactus
Dendrocereus
Erdisia	(Corryocactus)
Escontria
Espostoa
Eulychnia
Facheiroa
Harrisia
Heliocereus	(Disocactus)
Jasminocereus
Lemaireocereus	(Pachycereus)
Leocereus
Leptocereus
Lophocereus	(Pachycereus)
Machaerocereus	(Stenocereus)
Monvillea	(Acanthocereus)
Myrtillocactus
Neoraimondia
Nyctocereus	(Peniocereus)
Oreocereus
Pachycereus
Peniocereus
Rathbunia	(Stenocereus)
Stetsonia
Trichocereus	(Echinopsis)
Wilcoxia	(Echinocereus)
Zehntnerella	(Facheiroa)
2. Hylocereanae
Aporocactus	(Disocactus)
Deamia	(Selenicereus)
Hylocereus
Mediocactus	(Selenicereus/Heliocereus)
Selenicereus
Strophocactus	(Selenicereus)
Weberocereus
Werckleocereus	(Weberocereus)
Wilmattea	(Hylocereus)
3. Echinocereanae
Austrocactus
Chamaecereus	(Echinopsis)
Echinocereus
Echinopsis
Lobivia	(Echinopsis)
Rebutia
4. Echinocactanae
Arequipa	(Oreocereus)
Ariocarpus
Astrophytum
Copiapoa
Denmoza
Echinocactus
Echinofossulocactus	(Stenocactus)
Echinomastus
Epithelantha
Eriosyce
Ferocactus
Frailea
Gymnocalycium
Hamatocactus	(Thelocactus)
Hickenia
Homalocephala	(Echinocactus)
Leuchtenbergia
Lophophora
Malacocarpus	(Parodia)
Matucuna
Mila
Neoporteria	(Eriosyce)
Oroya
Pediocactus
Sclerocactus
Strombocactus
Toumeya	(Sclerocactus)
Utahia	(Pediocactus)
5. Cactanae
Cactus	(Melocactus)
Discocactus
6. Coryphanthanae
Ancistrocactus	(Sclerocactus)
Bartschella	(Mammillaria)
Cochemiea
Coryphantha
Dolichothele	(Mammillaria)
Escobaria
Mammillopsis	(Mammillaria)
Neobesseya	(Escobaria)
Neolloydia
Neomammillaria	(Mammillaria)
Pelecyphora
Phellosperma	(Mammillaria)
Solisia	(Mammillaria)
Thelocactus
7. Epiphyllanae
Chiapasia	(Disocactus)
Disocactus
Eccremocactus	(Weberocereus)
Epiphyllanthus	(Schlumbergera)
Epiphyllum
Nopalxochia	(Disocactus)
Schlumbergera
Wittia	(Disocactus)
Zygocactus	(Schlumbergera)
8. Rhipsalidanae
Acanthorhipsalis	(Lepismium)
Erythrorhipsalis	(Rhipsalis)
Hatiora
Lepismium
Pfeiffera	(Lepismium)
Pseudorhipsalis
Rhipsalidopsis	(Hatiora)
Rhipsalis

Cactus genera that have been recognized since Britton and Rose include: