Opuntia zebrina is an erect or spreading shrub with branches consisting of ovate to inversely ovate segments, commonly called pads …
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The family Cactaceae (cactus, cacti) is divided into four subfamilies (Pereskioideae, Opuntioideae, Cactoideae and Maihuenioideae), around 125 – 130 genera and 1,400 – 1,500 species of flowering plants with succulent (water-storing) stems.
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Copiapoa cinerea is a small cactus with chalky white stems that have 12 to 30 broad ribs lined with black or dark brown spines …
Opuntia dillenii (Dillen's Prickly Pear), also known as Opuntia stricta var. dillenii, is an erect or spreading shrub with numerous …
Acanthocalycium thionanthum subsp. glaucum, also known as Acanthocalycium glaucum or Echinopsis glaucina, is a small cactus with a …
Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum is a small cactus with brownish-green to grey-green, disc-shaped stems that have 11 to 15 low, rounded …
Eulychnia saint-pieana is a tree-like cactus with greyish-green or dark-green stems that feature 10 to 18 slightly tuberculate ribs lined …
Eulychnia breviflora is a tree-like cactus that typically has a well-defined but very short trunk and upright, greyish-green or dark …
Opuntia elata is a shrubby cactus with branches of green, firmly attached segments, often displaying reddish-purple blotches along the …
Opuntia auberi is a tree-like or shrubby cactus with a cylindrical stem and branches of joined ovoid segments known as pads. It typically …
Mammillaria spinosissima subsp. pilcayensis is a small cactus with cylindrical, dark blue-green stems covered with conical tubercles in a …