Bravocactus Doweld[1] Kadenicarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cactaceae.

[2] It has been synonymized with Turbinicarpus but molecular phylogenetic studies have supported its monophyly and separation from that genus.

[4] Most subsequent treatments rejected Kadenicarpus, sinking it into a broadly circumscribed genus Turbinicarpus.

The circumscription of Turbinicarpus has been described as "remarkably unstable", with species regularly transferred to other genera.

[5] A phylogenetic study published in 2019 showed that a monophyletic Kadenicarpus was sister to a clade of Ariocarpus and a more narrowly circumscribed and so monophyletic Turbinicarpus:[3] Kadenicarpus Ariocarpus Turbinicarpus s.s. As of March 2022[update], Plants of the World Online accepted two species:[2]