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Pincushion Cactus
Pincushion cactus is a common name for several cacti and may refer to: * '' Pelecyphora'' * '' Mammillaria'' * '' Pediocactus'' {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecyphora
''Pelecyphora'', pincushion cactus or foxtail cactus is a genus of cactus, cacti, comprising 20 species. They originate from Mexico and the United States. Common species include the Missouri foxtail cactus ''Pelecyphora missouriensis, P. missouriensis'', widespread in grassland and forest west of the Mississippi, and the spinystar ''Pelecyphora vivipara, P. vivipara'', PLANTS database, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture distributed across the US and into Canada, first described by Thomas Nuttall, Nuttall in 1813. Description ''Pelecyphores'' are spherical to club-shaped stem succulents up to in diameter and gray-green in color. They branch only sparsely and only at an older age. The areoles ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammillaria
''Mammillaria'' is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillarias are native to Mexico, while some come from the Southwestern United States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela. The common name "pincushion cactus" refers to this genus and the closely-related '' Escobaria''. The first species was described by Carl Linnaeus as ''Cactus mammillaris'' in 1753, deriving its name from the Latin ''mammilla'', "nipple", referring to the tubercles that are among the distinctive features of the genus. Numerous species are commonly known as globe cactus, nipple cactus, birthday cake cactus, fishhook cactus or pincushion cactus (though such terms are also commonly used for related taxa, such as '' Escobaria'' or '' Ferocactus''). Description The distinctive feature of the genus is the possession of an areole split into two clearly separated parts, one occurring at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
