Kadenicarpus
Genus of cacti
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Kadenicarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae. It is native to eastern Mexico.[2] It has been synonymized with Turbinicarpus but molecular phylogenetic studies have supported its monophyly and separation from that genus.[3]
| Kadenicarpus | |
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| Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Tribe: | Cacteae |
| Genus: | Kadenicarpus Doweld |
| Synonyms | |
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Bravocactus Doweld[1] | |
Taxonomy
The genus Kadenicarpus was first proposed by Alexander Doweld in 1998.[1] The name is in honour of Nikolai Nikolayevich Kaden (1914–1976), a Russian botanist.[4] Most subsequent treatments rejected Kadenicarpus, sinking it into a broadly circumscribed genus Turbinicarpus. The circumscription of Turbinicarpus has been described as "remarkably unstable", with species regularly transferred to other genera.[3] The broad circumscription of Turbinicarpus was recognized as polyphyletic by Hunt in 2016.[5] A phylogenetic study published in 2019 showed that a monophyletic Kadenicarpus was sister to a clade of Ariocarpus and a more narrowly circumscribed and so monophyletic Turbinicarpus:[3]
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Species
As of October 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepted two species:[2]
| Image | Name | Distribution |
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| Kadenicarpus heliae (García-Mor., Díaz-Salím & Gonz.-Bot.) D.Aquino | Mexico (Hidalgo) | |
 | Kadenicarpus horripilus (Lem.) Vázquez-Sánchez | Hidalgo state of Mexico. |
| Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele (Backeb.) Doweld | Hidalgo and Querétaro states of Mexico |