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The Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) is a species of cactus native to Mexico and the United States. The species is found in rocky desert, two subspecies are recognised based on their distribution and height. The Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is named for the species. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1422 KB)Organ pipe cactus in organ pipe cactus national monument. ...
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Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ...
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Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae...
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Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (plural, cacti or cactuses) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae. ...
Pachycereeae is a tribe of columnar cacti and a sub family of Cactoideae and genus of Pachycereus found in the USA, Central America and Mexico. ...
Species 23 species: see species list Stenocereus is a relatively small genus of columnar or tree like cacti from the Baja California peninsula and other parts of Mexico, Arizona in the United States, Costa Rica, and Venezuela. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
George Engelmann George Engelmann (also known as Georg Engelmann) was a German-American botanist. ...
Wikipedia:Translation/Cactus Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae The name cactus, plural cacti or cactuses, has been traditionally given to any member of the flowering plant family Cactaceae. ...
An organ pipe cactus in the monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in extreme southern Arizona which shares a border with the Mexican state of Sonora. ...
Description The species has several narrow stems that rise vertically, growing from a single short trunk just above the ground level. These stems are about 6 inches (15 cm) thick and grow to a height of 16 feet (5 m), however it has been known to reach 23 to 26 feet (7 to 8 m).[1] These stems rarely branch but rather grow annually from the tip of the last growth. The mature plant can reach a width of 12 feet (3.7 m). Each stem has 12 to 19 1/3 inch (.85 cm) high ribs that bear dark brown to black spines that turn gray as it matures. It takes 150 years to reach maturity.[1] The older plants produce three-inch (8 cm) funnel-shaped white flowers annually which are open at night and close by the morning and have a purple or pink tint to them. These usually grow during April, May, and June. The plant also produces fruit about the size of a tennis ball. Beneath the fruit's spined exterior is red flesh that supposedly tastes like watermelon.[2] This fruit has traditionally been harvested by the Seris and is used as a medicine.[3] [4] SERI is an abbreviation of Samsung Economic Research Institute in South Korea. ...
Distribution This species is found mostly in Mexico, mainly in Sonora and southern Baja California. It is also known to the United States, but is much rarer, with the notable exception of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The plant is predominantly found on rocky hillsides up to 3000 feet (900 m) in elevation. It is sensitive to frost, so the species is rare in low, flats desert area which can be more susceptible to frost. The plant is slow growing, and prefers well-drained soil and full sun.[2] However when in the seedling stage it requires shade, and will grow beneath a "nurse tree". It will need this for several years until it grows an adequate root system, which is mostly in the upper 10 cm of soil.[5] Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ...
Baja California Sur is one of the 31 States of Mexico, occupying the part of the Baja California Peninsula south of the 28th parallel. ...
An organ pipe cactus in the monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in extreme southern Arizona which shares a border with the Mexican state of Sonora. ...
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Subspecies There are two recognized subspecies, the nominate, thurberi, is much larger and occurs in southern Arizona, mainland Mexico, and Northern Baja California. The other is littoralis, which is much smaller and usually grows to around 10 feet (3 m). It occurs only in southern Baja California.[3]
Notes - ^ a b Johnson, G. Mark (March 26, 2003). The Ultimate Desert Handbook. McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 0-07-139303-X. p.27.
- ^ a b Mielke, Judy (January 1, 1993). Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-75147-8. pps. 262-3.
- ^ a b Anderson, Edward; Brown, Roger (March 13, 2001). Cactus Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-498-9. p. 648.
- ^ Felger, Richard and Mary B. Moser (1985) People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
- ^ Desert Ecology. ORGAN PIPE CACTUS (Stenocereus thurberi). Retrieved on July 31, 2006.
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