Octopus Cactus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Stenocereus |
Species: | S. alamosensis
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Binomial name | |
Stenocereus alamosensis (J.M.Coult.) A.C.Gibson & K.E.Horak
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Stenocereus alamosensis (octopus cactus or cina [1]) is a species of cactus native to Mexico. [2] It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding. [3] The Seri people of Sonora call this cactus xasaacoj. [4] The specific epithet, alamosensis, refers to the plant's occurrence at Álamos in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. [5]
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Stenocereus alamosensis at Wikimedia Commons
Octopus Cactus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Stenocereus |
Species: | S. alamosensis
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Binomial name | |
Stenocereus alamosensis (J.M.Coult.) A.C.Gibson & K.E.Horak
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Stenocereus alamosensis (octopus cactus or cina [1]) is a species of cactus native to Mexico. [2] It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding. [3] The Seri people of Sonora call this cactus xasaacoj. [4] The specific epithet, alamosensis, refers to the plant's occurrence at Álamos in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. [5]
Media related to
Stenocereus alamosensis at Wikimedia Commons