Disocactus

(Regel) M.H.J.van der Meer

(Rother) E.Meier

(Mast.) M.H.J.van der Meer

(Worsley) M.H.J.van der Meer

(Baumann ex Lem.) M.H.J.van der Meer

(McIntosh) M.H.J.van der Meer

(Haw.) Ralf Bauer

A species known in older literature as Epiphyllum anguliger. Chloroplast DNA analysis supported its transfer to Disocactus.

(Kimnach) Barthlott

(Lindl.) Lindl.

(Kimnach) Lodé

(Lindl.) M.Á.Cruz & S.Arias

A species examined in a study of perianth development published in 2026. Comparison of cells and transcripts revealed different patterns of flower growth in two Disocactus species.

A montane epiphyte from Chiapas and Guatemala. It combines flattened stems with few spines and narrowly funnel-shaped flowers of variable colour.

(Kimnach) Lodé

(F.A.C.Weber) M.Á.Cruz & S.Arias

Véliz, L.Velásquez & R.Puente

(Alexander) Barthlott

(Alexander) Kimnach & Hutchison

(Britton & Rose) Linding.

A Mexican epiphyte with pink flowers and flattened stems. A detailed study was published under the historical name Nopalxochia phyllanthoides.

(Standl. & Steyerm.) Kimnach

An epiphyte from the montane forests of El Salvador. The original description distinguishes pendent tubular flowers with uniformly coloured tepals and two widely separated stamen whorls.

A species examined in a study of perianth development published in 2026. Comparison of cells and transcripts revealed different patterns of flower growth in two Disocactus species.