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Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Browningieae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Pachycereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Pterocacteae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Pereskiopsis gatesii Baxt.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name:
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico - Baja California Sur
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Shrubby, trailing gray woody stems, 6.5 to 10 feet long (2 to 3 m), 0.6 in. in diameter (1.5 cm), young stems light green; round darker areoles with many large brown glochids; one or more spines, 2 in. long (5 cm), with grey base and darker tips.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502025
  • Source: Beard
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2213 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-12-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Opuntioideae
  • Tribe: Cylindropuntieae
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Desert Tropicals

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