Parodia is a genus of cacti. This genus has about 50 species, ranging from small globose plants to 1-m tall columnar cacti.

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Parodia:

• Acanthocephala Backeb.
• Brasilicactus Backeb.
• Brasiliparodia F.Ritter
• Brasilocactus Fric (nom. inval.)
• Chrysocactus Y.Itô (nom. inval.)
• Dactylanthocactus Y.Itô
• Eriocactus Backeb.
• Eriocephala Backeb.
• Friesia Fric (nom. inval.)
• Hickenia Britton & Rose
• Jauhisoparodia Gabriel Blackhat
• Malacocarpus Salm-Dyck
• Microspermia Fric
• Neohickenia Fric
• Notocactus (K.Schum.) Fric
• Sericocactus Y.Itô
• Wigginsia D.M.Porter

Note that the inclusion of Notocactus (the type genus of the tribe) into Parodia was a move of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Studies at the end of the 80's. This inclusion is still controversial today.

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