Rebutia occurs as genus in the family Cactaceae, containing 41 species. It is indigen to Bolivia, Peru and Argentina.

Within 1895, Karl M. Schumann named the genus after P.Rebut, a French cactus nurseryman. Which come actually usually little, colorful cacti, spherical around form, which freely develop flowers that are comparatively big around relation to the person. It develop there are no distinctive ribs, however run use regularly ordered little tubercles. It is considered fairly real life to develop & it could make big quantities of seeds that germinate freely around a parent plant.

Synonymy
A below genera develop been merged into Rebutia: Aylostera Speg. Bridgesia Backeb. Cylindrorebutia Fric & Kreuz. Digitorebutia Fric & Kreuz. Echinorebutia Fric (nom. inval.) Eurebutia Fric (nom. inval.) Gymnantha Y.Itô Mediolobivia Backeb. Mediorebutia Fric (nom. inval.) Neogymnantha Y.Itô Reicheocactus Backeb. Setirebutia Fric & Kreuz. (nom. inval.) Spegazzinia Backeb. Sulcorebutia Backeb. Weingartia Werderm.

Reference
Cacti , Succulents & Tropical Plants edited by Nicky Hayden. Marshall Cavendish Ltd, (1980). The coinage names is compiled from either [http://www.cactiguide.com/ cactiguide.com], which is successively referenced from either many books which are then utilized thereon places. A chief book enrolled there exists A Family cactaceae by Edward F. Anderson, (2001).