Glandulicactus is a genus of plants native to Mexico and the United States.
Description Plants in this genus are distinguished by their hooked spines, tubercular ribs, and extra floral nectaries.
Distribution Plants in this genus is found from The southern United States from New Mexico and Texas, south to the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, and San Luis Potosí.
Taxonomy The genus was first described and published by Curt Backeberg in 1938, who named the genus after the nectar glands in the areoles of the plants.
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts two species: ImageScientific nameDistributionGlandulicactus mathssonii Mexico (Guanajuato to San Luis Potosí) Glandulicactus uncinatus Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas), New Mexico, Texas
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