Tacinga

{{Short description|Genus of cacti}}

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|image_caption = Tacinga funalis

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|taxon = Tacinga

|authority = Britton & Rose

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Tacinga is a genus in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northeast Brazil (from northeast Minas Gerais to southern Rio Grande do Norte, including Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Paraíba).{{Cite journal |last=Lambert |first=Sabrina Mota |date=May 2009 |title=Tacinga: The hummingbird-pollinated prickly pear |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2985/015.081.0311 |journal=Cactus and Succulent Journal |language=en |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=156–161 |doi=10.2985/015.081.0311 |issn=0007-9367|url-access=subscription }} Once thought to be monotypic, the genus now comprises 10 species and 3 hybrids.