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Psychoactive Cactus
Many cacti are known to be psychoactive, containing phenethylamine alkaloids such as mescaline. However, the two main ritualistic (folkloric) genera are '' Echinopsis'', of which the most psychoactive species occur in the San Pedro cactus group (including ''Echinopsis pachanoi'', syn. ''Trichocereus pachanoi'', ''Echinopsis Peruviana'', syn. ''Trichocereus peruvianus'' and ''Echinopsis lageniformis'', syn. ''Trichocereus bridgesii''), and '' Lophophora'', with peyote (''Lophophora williamsii'') being the most psychoactive species. Several other species pertaining to other genera are also psychoactive, though not always used with a ritualistic intent. Species Globular cacti *'' Lophophora williamsii'' (peyote) Other "peyotes" *'' Ariocarpus fissuratus'' *'' Coryphantha compacta'' (syn. ''C. palmeri'') *'' Pelecyphora aselliformis'' *'' Pelecyphora strobiliformis'' *'' Lophophora diffusa'' *'' Ariocarpus retusus'' *'' Ariocarpus agavoides''; '' kotschoubeyanus''; and other sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cactus
A cactus (: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (), a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word (''káktos''), a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north, with the exception of ''Rhipsalis baccifera'', which is also found in Africa and Sri Lanka. Cacti are adapted to live in very dry environments, including the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth. Because of this, cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. For example, almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariocarpus Kotschoubeyanus
''Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus'' is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. Description The ''Ariocarpus koschoubeyanus'' usually grows alone and remains below the soil surface. Its dark olive-green shoots, which are flattened at the tip and slightly sunken in the middle, have a diameter of . The warts are spirally arranged, elongated at the base, becoming broadly triangular and tapering towards the tip. They measure long and wide. A woolly furrow extends across the middle of the areoles, and there are no thorns. The flowers are typically crimson red and in diameter, though there is at least one population with white flowers. The sepals are green or brownish, somewhat fleshy, and often split into two columns. The petals are lanceolate-spatulate, pointed, blunt, or edged. The stamens, style, and stigma are white. The elongated fruits are long. File:Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus flor cropped.jpg, Close up on flower File:IMG 3396-Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus.jpg, Leaves File:Arioca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbinicarpus Schmiedickeanus
''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' is a species of plant in the family Cactus, Cactaceae. Subspecies , Plants of the World Online accepts the following subspecies, many of which have been treated as separate species: *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''andersonii'' Mosco *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''bonatzii'' (Gerhart Frank) Panar., syn. ''Turbinicarpus bonatzii'' Gerhart Frank *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''dickisoniae'' (Glass & R.A.Foster) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''flaviflorus'' (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''gracilis'' (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''jauernigii'' (G.Frank) D.R.Hunt, syn. ''Turbinicarpus jauernigii'' Gerhart Frank *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''klinkerianus'' (Backeb. & H.Jacobsen) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''macrochele'' (Werderm.) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbinicarpus Pseudopectinatus
''Turbinicarpus'' is a genus of very small to medium-sized cacti, which inhabit the north-eastern regions of Mexico, in particular the states of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas. Taxonomy The taxon was first proposed by Curt Backeberg as ''Strombocactus'' subgenus ''Turbinicarpus''. It was elevated to a genus in 1937 by Franz Buxbaum and Backeberg. The circumscription of ''Turbinicarpus'' has been described as "remarkably unstable", with species regularly transferred to other genera. Its taxonomic history is often mixed with that of other genera like ''Echinocactus'', '' Echinomastus'', ''Gymnocactus'', ''Mammillaria'', ''Neolloydia'', ''Normanbokea'', '' Pediocactus'', '' Pelecyphora'', '' Strombocactus'', '' Thelocactus'' and '' Toumeya'', as the results of almost two centuries of constant evolution in the understanding of the affinities and relationships inside the family Cactaceae. A genus revision by David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbinicarpus Jauernigii
''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. Subspecies , Plants of the World Online accepts the following subspecies, many of which have been treated as separate species: *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''andersonii'' Mosco *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''bonatzii'' (Gerhart Frank) Panar., syn. ''Turbinicarpus bonatzii'' Gerhart Frank *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''dickisoniae'' (Glass & R.A.Foster) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''flaviflorus'' (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''gracilis'' (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''jauernigii'' (G.Frank) D.R.Hunt, syn. ''Turbinicarpus jauernigii'' Gerhart Frank *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''klinkerianus'' (Backeb. & H.Jacobsen) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp. ''macrochele'' (Werderm.) N.P.Taylor *''Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus'' subsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbinicarpus Lophophoroides
''Turbinicarpus lophophoroides'' is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts. It is threatened by illegal collecting, habitat loss and insect parasitism Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en .... References Sources * External links * * * lophophoroides Cacti of Mexico Endemic flora of Mexico Near threatened plants Endangered biota of Mexico Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cactus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbinicarpus Laui
''Turbinicarpus laui'' is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease .... References External links * * * laui Cacti of Mexico Endemic flora of Mexico Critically endangered plants Critically endangered biota of Mexico Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cactus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strombocactus Disciformis
''Strombocactus disciformis'' is a rare species of cactus, cacti and the only species of the genus ''Strombocactus''. The plant originates from Central and Northeast Mexico. Description ''Strombocactus'' is a monotypic genus with a strong turnip-like root, a small, depressed, roughly spherical stem covered with spirally arranged overlapping tubercles, each with a spine-bearing areole at its tip. ''Strombocactus disciformis'' are low-growing, gray-green succulents with a broadly round, unbranched stem and root. In their natural habitats, they grow in a disk shape, half hidden in the ground, reaching around 8 cm in diameter and 2-3 cm in height. In cultivation, they become nearly spherical. Adult tubers can reach 15 cm in diameter, larger than the above-ground parts. The plant's spiral ribs are deeply notched, creating a wart-like appearance with a ratio close to the golden ratio (13:8). Areoles are located on the blunt ends of these warts, which are curved (straighter in cultivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epithelantha Micromeris
''Epithelantha micromeris'' is a button cactus in the genus ''Epithelantha'', found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and northeast Mexico. It is characterized by its white-grey spines growing on a globular shaped stem. The density of its white spines give it the illusion of being completely grey, making it very difficult to see the green color beneath. It grows to be 1–5 cm tall, and roughly 2–4 cm in diameter. ''E. micromeris'' produces small, pink-white flowers, often considered to be some of the smallest of the cacti. These flowers give way to a bright red, cylindrical fruit which contains several black seed In botany, a seed is a plant structure containing an embryo and stored nutrients in a protective coat called a ''testa''. More generally, the term "seed" means anything that can be Sowing, sown, which may include seed and husk or tuber. Seeds ...s and also is edible. References Cactoideae Flora of Arizona Flora of the South-Central United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinocactus Platyacanthus
''Echinocactus platyacanthus'' is a member of the cactus family Cactaceae. It is also known as the giant barrel cactus, golden barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, and its Nahuatl (Aztec) name is ''huitzli nahual''.. It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. This species is the largest of the barrel cacti. In Mexico, its hairs are often used for weaving; and acitrón, a traditional Mexican candy, is produced by boiling the cactus pith. Description This slow-growing species can reach sizes up to tall and wide and can live over a hundred years. Previous records show that some specimens grow to almost in thickness. What is probably the largest barrel cactus living today is the one called "Goliat" at the "Area natural de Daxpe", in the Municipio ountyde Cadereyta, Querétaro State, Mexico. It is in height, at least thick and weighs about . Another one at Ixmiquilpan, Mexico has a measured diameter of and is high. Britton and Rose reported a spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinocactus 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 endemism, endemic to east-central Mexico. The golden barrel cactus is rare species, rare and endangered species, endangered—potentially regionally extinct—in nature. It is native to the List of states of Mexico, Mexican states of Querétaro and Hidalgo (Mexico), Hidalgo, particularly near Mesa de León. Wild populations of ''K. grusonii'' were adversely affected in the 1990s as a result of wild specimens being poached as well as the creation of the Zimapán Dam and reservoir (in Hidalgo). The golden barrel cactus is a fairly adaptable species, but naturally prefers growing in rich, volcanic (but well-aerated) soil on sunny slopes, where water quickly flees from its roots. The species may be found growing at altitudes as high as above sea level. Taxonomy ''Kroenleinia grusonii'' was originally p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aztekium Ritteri
''Aztekium ritteri'' is a species of cactus native to the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Description ''Aztekium ritteri'' initially grows singly globe-shaped, flattened stem, 2-6 cm in diameter and 3 cm high, with grayish green to olive-green, almost spherical to spherical bodies, somewhat sunken apex, which later sprout and form clumps. Ribs 6 to 11, to 9 millimeters high and 3 to 10 millimeters wide, with numerous triangular tubercles very compressed from top to bottom. Between the grooves that separate one rib from another, the bases of these tubercles, by lateral compression, form folds that look like narrower secondary ribs. Triangular tubercles. Areoles very close, with some felt, the apical ones very woolly. Spines 1 to 3 per areola, only on young areolas, 3 to 4 mm long, flattened, soft, non-pungent, whitish and somewhat curved. ''Aztekium ritteri'' blooms throughout the summer, from the young areoles at the apex, producing an abundance of white and pink flowers measurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
