Table of Contents
313 relations: Acclimatization, Africa, Agave, Aizoaceae, Alberta, Algeria, Amazon basin, Americas, Ancient Greek, Andes, Ant, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Arabian Peninsula, Areole, Argentina, Ariocarpus, Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus, Arizona, Astrophytum capricorne, Atacama Desert, Australia, Auxin, Axillary bud, Aztecs, Bark (botany), Basal (phylogenetics), Bat, Bee, Big Bend National Park, Biological pest control, Bipolaris cactivora, Bird, Bird migration, Blossfeldia, Bolivia, Botanical garden, Bract, Branch, Brazil, British Columbia, Browningia candelaris, C3 carbon fixation, Cactoblastis cactorum, Cactoideae, Cactus, Cactus fence, Cactus virus X, California, Callus (cell biology), Canada, ... Expand index (263 more) »
- Cacti
- Priabonian first appearances
Acclimatization
Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness across a range of environmental conditions.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Agave
Agave is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. Cactus and Agave are drought-tolerant plants.
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Aizoaceae
The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1800 species.
Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
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Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.
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Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.
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Areole
In botany, areoles are small light- to dark-colored bumps on cacti out of which grow clusters of spines. Cactus and areole are cacti.
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Ariocarpus
Ariocarpus is a small genus of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Cactaceae.
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
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Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
Astrophytum capricorne
Astrophytum capricorne, the goat's horn cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, that is native to the Coahuila regions of Northern Mexico.
See Cactus and Astrophytum capricorne
Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert (Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Auxin
Auxins (plural of auxin) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics.
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Axillary bud
The axillary bud (or lateral bud) is an embryonic or organogenic shoot located in the axil of a leaf.
Aztecs
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521.
Bark (botany)
Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants.
Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
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Bee
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico.
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Biological pest control
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms.
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Bipolaris cactivora
Bipolaris cactivora is a plant pathogen causing cactus stem rot and pitaya fruit rot.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bird migration
Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.
Blossfeldia
Blossfeldia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) containing only one species, Blossfeldia liliputana, native to South America in northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca and Mendoza Provinces) and southern Bolivia (Santa Cruz and Potosí Departments).
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.
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Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale.
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Branch
A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Browningia candelaris
Browningia candelaris is a species of cactus from northern Chile and southern Peru.
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C3 carbon fixation
carbon fixation is the most common of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis, the other two being c4 and CAM.
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Cactoblastis cactorum
Cactoblastis cactorum, the cactus moth, South American cactus moth or nopal moth, is native to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil.
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Cactoideae
The Cactoideae are the largest subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae, and are widely distributed throughout the Americas. Cactus and Cactoideae are cacti.
Cactus
A cactus (cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. Cactus and cactus are cacti, drought-tolerant plants, Extant Eocene first appearances, Priabonian first appearances and western (genre) staples and terminology.
Cactus fence
A cactus fence is a hedge or fence made of closely spaced cactus plants, sometimes with barbed wire or wood interwoven with the cacti.
Cactus virus X
Cactus virus X (CVX) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Alphaflexiviridae. Cactus and Cactus virus X are cacti.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Callus (cell biology)
Plant callus (plural calluses or calli) is a growing mass of unorganized plant parenchyma cells.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Cardoon
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carmine
Carminealso called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a diverse and heterogeneous order of flowering plants that includes the cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, beets, and many carnivorous plants.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidized in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy.
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Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
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Cephalocereus
Cephalocereus is a genus of slow-growing, columnar-shaped, blue-green cacti.
Cephalocereus senilis
Cephalocereus senilis, the old man cactus, is a species of cactus native to Hidalgo and Veracruz in central Mexico.
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Cereus (plant)
Cereus ("serious") is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae) including around 33 species of large columnar cacti from South America.
Cereus repandus
Cereus repandus (syn. Cereus peruvianus), the Peruvian apple cactus, is a large, erect, spiny columnar cactus found in South America. Cactus and Cereus repandus are drought-tolerant plants.
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CGIAR
CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
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Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants.
Chloroplast
A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells.
Chlorosis
In botany, chlorosis is a condition in which leaves produce insufficient chlorophyll.
Circumscription (taxonomy)
In biological taxonomy, circumscription is the content of a taxon, that is, the delimitation of which subordinate taxa are parts of that taxon.
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CITES
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
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Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
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Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Cleistocactus
Cleistocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to mountainous areas - to - of South America (Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia and Argentina).
Cleistogamy
Cleistogamy is a type of automatic self-pollination of certain plants that can propagate by using non-opening, self-pollinating flowers.
Coastal plain
A coastal plain (also coastal plains, coastal lowland, coastal lowlands) is flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast.
Coat of arms of Mexico
The coat of arms of Mexico (Escudo Nacional de México, lit. "national shield of Mexico") is a national symbol of Mexico and depicts a Mexican (golden) eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake.
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Cochineal
The cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the natural dye carmine is derived.
Conserved name
A conserved name or nomen conservandum (plural nomina conservanda, abbreviated as nom. cons.) is a scientific name that has specific nomenclatural protection.
Container garden
Container gardening or pot gardening/farming is the practice of growing plants, including edible plants, exclusively in containers instead of planting them in the ground.
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Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
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Copiapoa
Copiapoa is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile.
Copiapoa atacamensis
Copiapoa atacamensis is a species of cactus from the Atacama Desert in the province of Antofagasta in northern Chile.
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Coquimbo
Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
Crassulacean acid metabolism
Crassulacean acid metabolism, also known as CAM photosynthesis, is a carbon fixation pathway that evolved in some plants as an adaptation to arid conditions that allows a plant to photosynthesize during the day, but only exchange gases at night.
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Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
Curt Backeberg
Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg, Germany – 14 January 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.
Cutting (plant)
A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation.
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Cylindropuntia
Cylindropuntia is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing species commonly known as chollas, native to northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
Datura ferox
Datura ferox, commonly known as long spined thorn apple and fierce thornapple, as well as Angel's-trumpets, is a species of Datura.
David Hunt (botanist)
David Richard Hunt (25 September 1938 – 20 May 2019) was an English botanist and taxonomist.
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Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona.
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Didiereaceae
Didiereaceae is a family of flowering plants found in continental Africa and Madagascar.
Discocactus
Discocactus is a genus of tropical cacti.
Disocactus
Disocactus is a genus of epiphytic cacti in the tribe Hylocereeae found in Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.
Disocactus ackermannii
Disocactus ackermannii commonly called red orchid cactus is an epiphytic cactus from tropical forests in the states of Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.
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Echinocactus platyacanthus
Echinocactus platyacanthus, also known as the giant barrel cactus, golden barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, Its Nahuatl (Aztec) name is Huitzli nahual.
See Cactus and Echinocactus platyacanthus
Echinocereus
Echinocereus is a genus of ribbed, usually small to medium-sized, cylindrical shaped cacti, comprising about 70 species native to the southern United States and Mexico in very sunny, rocky places.
Echinocereus pectinatus
Echinocereus pectinatus is a species of hedgehog cactus.
See Cactus and Echinocereus pectinatus
Echinopsis
Echinopsis is a genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog cactus, sea-urchin cactus or Easter lily cactus.
Echinopsis lageniformis
Echinopsis lageniformis, synonyms including Echinopsis scopulicola and Trichocereus bridgesii, is a cactus native to Bolivia.
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Echinopsis oxygona
Echinopsis oxygona, also known as Eyries cactus, Easter lily cactus or sea-urchin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to South Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
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El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site managed by the federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the state governments of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Epiphyllum hybrid
Epiphyllum hybrids, epiphyllums, epicacti, or just epis, also known as orchid cacti, which are widely grown for their flowers, are artificial hybrids derived primarily from species of the genus Disocactus.
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Epiphyte
An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.
Eudicots
The eudicots, Eudicotidae, or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants (angiosperms) which are mainly characterized by having two seed leaves (cotyledons) upon germination.
Eulychnia
Eulychnia is a genus of candelabriform or arborescent cacti.
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants.
Fasciation
Fasciation (pronounced, from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead becomes elongated perpendicularly to the direction of growth, thus producing flattened, ribbon-like, crested (or "cristate"), or elaborately contorted tissue.
Ferocactus
Ferocactus is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti, mostly with large spines and small flowers.
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Ferocactus cylindraceus is a species of barrel cactus which is known by several common names, including California barrel cactus, Desert barrel cactus, compass barrel cactus, and miner's compass.
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Ferocactus echidne
Ferocactus echidne is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus. It is found in nature in Mexico. This cactus is known commonly as Sonora barrel, Coville's barrel cactus, Emory's barrel cactus, and traveler's friend. This plant is often sold as a houseplant.
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Ferocactus hamatacanthus
Ferocactus hamatacanthus, commonly named Turk's Head, is a barrel cactus in the tribe Cacteae.
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Ferocactus latispinus
Ferocactus latispinus is a species of barrel cactus native to Mexico.
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Ferocactus pilosus
Ferocactus pilosus, also known as Mexican lime cactus (Biznaga De Lima) or Mexican fire barrel, is a species of cactus in North America.
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Fibonacci sequence
In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones.
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Floral symmetry
Floral symmetry describes whether, and how, a flower, in particular its perianth, can be divided into two or more identical or mirror-image parts.
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Flower
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
Frailea
Frailea is a genus of globular to short cylindrical cacti native to South America.
Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).
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Fungicide
Fungicides are pesticides used to kill parasitic fungi or their spores.
Fungus gnat
Fungus gnats are small, dark, short-lived gnats, of the families Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they comprise six of the seven families placed in the superfamily Sciaroidea.
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum (Schlecht as emended by Snyder and Hansen), an ascomycete fungus, comprises all the species, varieties and forms recognized by Wollenweber and Reinking within an infrageneric grouping called section Elegans.
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Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.
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Galápagos tortoise
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains three smaller species from mainland South America).
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Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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Glochid
Glochids or glochidia ("glochidium") are hair-like spines or short prickles, generally barbed, found on the areoles of cacti in the sub-family Opuntioideae. Cactus and glochid are cacti.
Golden eagle
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.
Grafting
Grafting or graftage is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together.
Ground tissue
The ground tissue of plants includes all tissues that are neither dermal nor vascular.
Growing season
A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight.
Growth medium
A growth medium or culture medium is a solid, liquid, or semi-solid designed to support the growth of a population of microorganisms or cells via the process of cell proliferation or small plants like the moss Physcomitrella patens.
Gymnocalycium
Gymnocalycium, commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus.
Gynoecium
Gynoecium (gynoecia) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds.
Habit (biology)
Habit, equivalent to habitus in some applications in biology, refers variously to aspects of behaviour or structure, as follows.
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Hard water
Hard water is water that has a high mineral content (in contrast with "soft water").
Hatiora
Hatiora is a small genus of epiphytic cacti which belongs to the tribe Rhipsalideae within the subfamily Cactoideae of the Cactaceae.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Herbal medicine
Herbal medicine (also called herbalism, phytomedicine or phytotherapy) is the study of pharmacognosy and the use of medicinal plants, which are a basis of traditional medicine.
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Herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Houseplant
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors.
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae.
Humus
In classical soil science, humus is the dark organic matter in soil that is formed by the decomposition of plant and animal matter.
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Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment.
Hylocereeae
The Hylocereeae are a tribe of cacti.
Hylocereus
Hylocereus is a former genus of epiphytic cacti, often referred to as night-blooming cactus (though the term is also used for many other cacti).
Hypanthium
In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN or ICNafp) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "traditionally treated as algae, fungi, or plants".
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International Organization for Succulent Plant Study
The International Organization for Succulent Plant Study (IOS) describes itself as a "non-governmental organization promoting the study and conservation of succulent and allied plants and encouraging collaboration among scientists and curators of significant living collections of such plants, professional or amateur." In 1984, it was decided that the Cactaceae Section of the IOS should set up a working party, now called the International Cactaceae Systematics Group (ICSG), to produce consensus classifications of cacti down to the level of genera.
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Invasive species in Australia
Invasive species in Australia are a serious threat to the native biodiversity, and an ongoing cost to Australian agriculture.
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Isotopic signature
An isotopic signature (also isotopic fingerprint) is a ratio of non-radiogenic 'stable isotopes', stable radiogenic isotopes, or unstable radioactive isotopes of particular elements in an investigated material.
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Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park is an American national park in southeastern California, east of San Bernardino and Los Angeles and north of Palm Springs.
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Kroenleinia grusonii
Kroenleinia grusonii, popularly known as the golden barrel cactus, golden ball, "mother-in-law's cushion" or "mother-in-law’s chair" is a species of barrel cactus which is endemic to east-central Mexico. Cactus and Kroenleinia grusonii are drought-tolerant plants.
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Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.
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Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Leuchtenbergia
Leuchtenbergia is a genus of cactus which has only one species, Leuchtenbergia principis (agave cactus or prism cactus). It is native to north-central Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua). The genus is named after Maximilian Eugen Joseph (1817–1852), Duke of Leuchtenberg and amateur botanist.
Leucostele atacamensis
Leucostele atacamensis (cardón) is a species of cactus from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The wood of this species can be used in building and in making furniture., pp. 257–258.
See Cactus and Leucostele atacamensis
Leuenbergeria
Leuenbergeria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, mostly native around the Caribbean. Cactus and Leuenbergeria are cacti.
Lophocereus schottii
Lophocereus schottii, the senita cactus, is a species of cactus from southern Arizona and north-western Mexico, particularly Baja California and Sonora.
See Cactus and Lophocereus schottii
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Magnolia Press
Magnolia Press is a New Zealand-based scientific publisher established in 2001.
Maihuenia
Maihuenia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) and the sole genus of the subfamily Maihuenioideae, which is the smallest subfamily of the Cactaceae.
Maihuenia poeppigii
Maihuenia poeppigii, commonly known in Chile as maihuén or hierba del guanaco, is a succulent cactus shrub native to Chile and Argentina.
See Cactus and Maihuenia poeppigii
Maihueniopsis
Maihueniopsis (from Greek opsis, "view", referring to its resemblance to the unrelated Maihuenia) is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species.
Malic acid
Malic acid is an organic compound with the molecular formula.
Mammillaria
Mammillaria is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized.
Mammillaria elongata
Mammillaria elongata, the gold lace cactus or ladyfinger cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico.
See Cactus and Mammillaria elongata
Mammillaria longimamma
Mammillaria longimamma is a species of cactus from Hidalgo and Querétaro, Mexico.
See Cactus and Mammillaria longimamma
Mammillaria rekoi
Mammillaria rekoi is a species of cactus from Mexico.
See Cactus and Mammillaria rekoi
Mealybug
Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm habitats.
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin, also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.
See Cactus and Mediterranean Basin
Melocactus
Melocactus (melon cactus), also known as the Turk's cap cactus, or Pope's head cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30–40 species.
Melocactus intortus
Melocactus intortus, also known as the Turk's cap cactus, is a species of cactus endemic to the Caribbean.
See Cactus and Melocactus intortus
Meristem
In cell biology, the meristem is a type of tissue found in plants.
Mescaline
Mescaline or mescalin (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is a naturally occurring psychedelic protoalkaloid of the substituted phenethylamine class, known for its hallucinogenic effects comparable to those of LSD and psilocybin. Cactus and mescaline are cacti.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
Midden
A midden is an old dump for domestic waste.
Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Miquihuana, Tamaulipas
Miquihuana Municipality is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
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Molecular phylogenetics
Molecular phylogenetics is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships.
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Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.
Myrtillocactus
Myrtillocactus (from Latin, "blueberry cactus") is a genus of cacti.
Nahuatl
Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
Native American Church
The Native American Church (NAC), also known as Peyotism and Peyote Religion, is a syncretic Native American religion that teaches a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and elements of Christianity, especially pertaining to the Ten Commandments, with sacramental use of the entheogen peyote.
See Cactus and Native American Church
Nectar
Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.
Neoraimondia
Neoraimondia is a genus of medium to large cacti from Peru.
Neowerdermannia vorwerkii
Neowerdermannia vorwerkii, also known as achakana (Aymara and Quechua), is a species of cactus from high altitudes in Bolivia and northern Argentina.
See Cactus and Neowerdermannia vorwerkii
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.
Nopal
Nopal is a common name in Spanish for Opuntia cacti (commonly referred to in English as prickly pear or tender cactus), as well as for its pads.
See Cactus and Nopal
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.
Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
Opuntia
Opuntia, commonly called the prickly pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, many known for their flavorful fruit and showy flowers.
Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia chlorotica is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
See Cactus and Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia cochenillifera is a species of cactus in the subfamily Opuntioideae.
See Cactus and Opuntia cochenillifera
Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world.
See Cactus and Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia microdasys
Opuntia microdasys (angel's-wings, bunny ears cactus, bunny cactus or polka-dot cactus) is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native and endemic to central and northern Mexico.
See Cactus and Opuntia microdasys
Opuntia stricta
Opuntia stricta is a species of large cactus that is endemic to the subtropical and tropical coastal areas of the Americas, especially around the Caribbean.
See Cactus and Opuntia stricta
Opuntioideae
Opuntioideae is a subfamily of the cactus family, Cactaceae. Cactus and Opuntioideae are cacti.
Organ (biology)
In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
See Cactus and Organ (biology)
Ovary (botany)
In the flowering plants, an ovary is a part of the female reproductive organ of the flower or gynoecium.
Pachycereus
Pachycereus is a genus of large cacti native to Central America and Mexico.
Pachycereus pringlei
Pachycereus pringlei (also known as Mexican giant cardon or elephant cactus) is a species of large cactus native to northwestern Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora.
See Cactus and Pachycereus pringlei
Palisade cell
Palisade cell, or palisade mesophyll cell are plant cells located inside the mesophyll of most green leaves.
Pan de Azúcar National Park
Pan de Azúcar National Park is a national park of Chile.
See Cactus and Pan de Azúcar National Park
Paraphyly
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages.
Patagonia
Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
Pelecyphora strobiliformis
Pelecyphora strobiliformis is a species of cactus from Mexico., p. 561 Its numbers in the wild have been reduced by collecting; it is listed in Appendix I of CITES (meaning that international trade is severely controlled) but only as of "Least Concern" by the IUCN.
See Cactus and Pelecyphora strobiliformis
Pen (enclosure)
A pen is an enclosure for holding livestock.
See Cactus and Pen (enclosure)
Peniocereus
Peniocereus is a genus of vining cacti, comprising about 18 species, found from the southwestern United States and Mexico.
Pereskia
Pereskia is a small genus of about four species of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and non-succulent stems.
Pereskia aculeata
Pereskia aculeata is a scrambling shrub in the family Cactaceae.
See Cactus and Pereskia aculeata
Pereskiopsis
Pereskiopsis is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) in the subfamily Opuntioideae.
Perlite
Perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass that has a relatively high water content, typically formed by the hydration of obsidian.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
See Cactus and Peru
Pesticide resistance
Pesticide resistance describes the decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest.
See Cactus and Pesticide resistance
Petal
Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.
See Cactus and Petal
Peyote
The peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small, spineless cactus which contains psychoactive alkaloids, particularly mescaline (see also: cactus alkaloids).
Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent.
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
Phylloclade
Phylloclades and cladodes are flattened, photosynthetic shoots, which are usually considered to be modified branches.
Phytotaxa
Phytotaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for rapid publication on any aspect of systematic botany.
Pilosocereus
Pilosocereus (from Latin, "hairy cereus") is a genus of cactus native to the Neotropics.
Pitaya
A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Cactus and pitaya are drought-tolerant plants.
Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.
See Cactus and Plant
Plant cuticle
A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the outermost skin layer (epidermis) of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs (aerial here meaning all plant parts not embedded in soil or other substrate) that have no periderm.
Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.
Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
Pollination
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds.
Pollination syndrome
Pollination syndromes are suites of flower traits that have evolved in response to natural selection imposed by different pollen vectors, which can be abiotic (wind and water) or biotic, such as birds, bees, flies, and so forth through a process called pollinator-mediated selection.
See Cactus and Pollination syndrome
Pollinator
A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.
Polyploidy
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.
Psychoactive drug
A psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, or consciousness-altering drug is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, or behavior.
See Cactus and Psychoactive drug
Pumice
Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.
Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
See Cactus and Radiocarbon dating
Rebutia
Rebutia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cactaceae, native to Bolivia and Argentina.
Rebutia minuscula
Rebutia minuscula is a species of cactus from South America found in northern Argentina and Bolivia.
See Cactus and Rebutia minuscula
Receptacle (botany)
In botany, the receptacle refers to vegetative tissues near the end of reproductive stems that are situated below or encase the reproductive organs.
See Cactus and Receptacle (botany)
Rhipsalideae
The Rhipsalideae are a small tribe of cacti, comprising four or five genera (and around 60 species).
Rhipsalis
Rhipsalis is a genus of epiphytic flowering plants in the cactus family, typically known as mistletoe cacti.
Rhipsalis baccifera
Rhipsalis baccifera, commonly known as the mistletoe cactus, is an epiphytic cactus which originates from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Florida.
See Cactus and Rhipsalis baccifera
Rhipsalis paradoxa
Rhipsalis paradoxa is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
See Cactus and Rhipsalis paradoxa
Rhodes University
Rhodes University (Rhodes Universiteit) is a public research university located in Makhanda (Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
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Rhodocactus
Rhodocactus is a genus of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to central South America.
Rhodocactus grandifolius
Rhodocactus grandifolius (rose cactus; syn. Pereskia grandifolia) is a species of cactus native to eastern and southern Brazil.
See Cactus and Rhodocactus grandifolius
Rootstock
A rootstock is part of a plant, often an underground part, from which new above-ground growth can be produced.
Saguaro
The saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea that can grow to be over tall. Cactus and saguaro are drought-tolerant plants.
Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park is a United States national park in Pima County, southeastern Arizona.
See Cactus and Saguaro National Park
Saint Peter
Saint Peter (died AD 64–68), also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
Scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha.
Schlumbergera
Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil.
Schlumbergera truncata
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
See Cactus and Schlumbergera truncata
Sciaridae
The Sciaridae are a family of flies, commonly known as dark-winged fungus gnats.
Sclerocactus papyracanthus
Sclerocactus papyracanthus is a species of cactus known by the common names paperspine fishhook cactus, grama grass cactus, paper-spined cactus, and toumeya.
See Cactus and Sclerocactus papyracanthus
Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
See Cactus and Seed
Selenicereus
Selenicereus, sometimes known as moonlight cactus, is a genus of epiphytic, lithophytic, and terrestrial cacti, found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenicereus grandiflorus is a cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America.
See Cactus and Selenicereus grandiflorus
Selenicereus undatus
Selenicereus undatus, the white-fleshed pitahaya, is a species of the genus Selenicereus (formerly Hylocereus) in the family Cactaceae and is the most cultivated species in the genus. Cactus and Selenicereus undatus are drought-tolerant plants.
See Cactus and Selenicereus undatus
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
See Cactus and Sepal
Seri people
The Seri or Comcaac people are an Indigenous group of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Serra da Capivara National Park
Serra da Capivara National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara) is a national park in the Northeastern region of Brazil.
See Cactus and Serra da Capivara National Park
Shoot (botany)
In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages like leaves, lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds.
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.
See Cactus and Shrub
Sicily
Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Singapore Botanic Gardens
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a -year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore.
See Cactus and Singapore Botanic Gardens
Slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.
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Snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod.
See Cactus and Snail
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert (Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California).
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.
See Cactus and Species Plantarum
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
Stem succulent
Stem succulents are fleshy succulent columnar shaped plants which conduct photosynthesis mainly through their stems rather than their leaves.
Stenocereus eruca
Stenocereus eruca, commonly known as the creeping devil, is a member of the family Cactaceae.
See Cactus and Stenocereus eruca
Stenocereus queretaroensis
Stenocereus queretaroensis is a species of cactus from Mexico, including the state of Querétaro.
See Cactus and Stenocereus queretaroensis
Stenocereus thurberi
Stenocereus thurberi, the organ pipe cactus, is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States.
See Cactus and Stenocereus thurberi
Stigma (botany)
The stigma (stigmas or stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
See Cactus and Stigma (botany)
Stoma
In botany, a stoma (stomata, from Greek στόμα, "mouth"), also called a stomate (stomates), is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that controls the rate of gas exchange between the internal air spaces of the leaf and the atmosphere.
See Cactus and Stoma
Succulent plant
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. Cactus and succulent plant are drought-tolerant plants.
See Cactus and Succulent plant
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.
Taproot
A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally.
Taxonomy of the Cactaceae
In 1984, the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study set up a working party, now called the International Cactaceae Systematics Group, to produce a consensus classification of the cactus family, down to the level of genus. Cactus and Taxonomy of the Cactaceae are cacti.
See Cactus and Taxonomy of the Cactaceae
Tenochtitlan
italic, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican altepetl in what is now the historic center of Mexico City.
Tepal
A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth).
See Cactus and Tepal
Tetranychus urticae
Tetranychus urticae (common names include red spider mite and two-spotted spider mite) is a species of plant-feeding mite generally considered to be a pest.
See Cactus and Tetranychus urticae
Theophrastus
Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος||godly phrased) was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.
Thorns, spines, and prickles
In plant morphology, thorns, spines, and prickles, and in general spinose structures (sometimes called spinose teeth or spinose apical processes), are hard, rigid extensions or modifications of leaves, roots, stems, or buds with sharp, stiff ends, and generally serve the same function: physically defending plants against herbivory.
See Cactus and Thorns, spines, and prickles
Thrips
Thrips (order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts.
Transpiration
Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.
Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi
Trichocereus macrogonus var.
See Cactus and Trichocereus macrogonus var. pachanoi
Trichome
Trichomes are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists.
Trunk (botany)
In botany, the trunk (or bole) is the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, which is an important feature in tree identification, and which often differs markedly from the bottom of the trunk to the top, depending on the species.
Type (biology)
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.
Upiga
Upiga is a monotypic moth genus described by Hahn William Capps in 1964.
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Vacuole
A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells.
Water conservation
Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand.
See Cactus and Water conservation
Wattle and daub
Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called "wattle" is "daubed" with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
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Weeds of National Significance
Weeds of National Significance (WoNS) is a list of the most problematic plant species in Australia as determined by the federal government.
See Cactus and Weeds of National Significance
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
Whitefly
Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves.
Xeriscaping
Xeriscaping is the process of landscaping, or gardening, that reduces or eliminates the need for irrigation.
Xerophyte
A xerophyte (from Greek ξηρός xeros 'dry' + φυτόν phuton 'plant') is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water. Cactus and xerophyte are drought-tolerant plants.
Zimapán
Zimapán (Otomi: Mabo̱za) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico.
Zootaxa
Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists.
3-Phosphoglyceric acid
3-Phosphoglyceric acid (3PG, 3-PGA, or PGA) is the conjugate acid of 3-phosphoglycerate or glycerate 3-phosphate (GP or G3P).
See Cactus and 3-Phosphoglyceric acid
See also
Cacti
- Abaporu
- Areole
- Cactoideae
- Cactus
- Cactus virus X
- Cephalium
- Ceroid cactus
- Chichimecactus
- Cortical bundle
- Glochid
- Heterodera cacti
- Leuenbergeria
- Leuenbergeria aureiflora
- Leuenbergeria bleo
- Leuenbergeria quisqueyana
- List of edible cacti
- Maihuenioideae
- Mescaline
- Neolloydia
- Opuntioideae
- Pereskioideae
- Plants used as musical instruments
- Psychoactive cacti
- Punotia
- Room to Grow (video game)
- Taxonomy of the Cactaceae
Priabonian first appearances
- Auk
- Cactus
- Colugo
- Colymboides
- Cuckoo
- Freshwater whitefish
- Geometer moth
- Loon
- Pan-Alcidae
- Peccary
- Priabonian
- Shrew opossum
References
Also known as Arborescent cacti, Arborescent cactus, Cactaceae, Cactales, Cacti, Cactii, Cactoid, Cactui, Cactus (genus), Cactus desert adaptations, Cactus disease, Cactus family, Cactus pest, Cactuses, Columnar cacti, Columnar cactus, Edible cacti, Evolution of cacti, Globose cacti, Globose cactus, Globular cacti, Globular cactus, Globulose cacti, Globulose cactus, Opuntiaceae, Opuntiales, Pereskioideae, Tree-like cacti, Tree-like cactus, .
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