Mammillaria mystax is a small cactus with a flat-topped, spherical to short cylindrical, usually solitary stem with pyramidal tubercles …
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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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Cereus bicolor is a rare, shrubby cactus with blue-green branches, each with 7 or 8 ribs lined with woolly areoles that bear clusters of …
Mammillaria rhodantha (Rainbow Pincushion) is a small cactus with dark green stems covered with tubercles and spines that grow from the …
Cereus fricii is a large, tree-like cactus with a candelabra-like crown of thick, ridged branches that bear clusters of long spines …
Mammillaria mammillaris (Woolly Nipple Cactus) is a solitary or clump-forming cactus with spherical to short cylindrical stems with conical…
Cereus vargasianus is a large, tree-like cactus with segmented, glaucous green branches that arise from a short trank. It can grow up to …
Cereus repandus f. monstruosus (Monstrose Apple Cactus), also known as Cereus peruvianus f. monstruosus, is a large, shrubby or tree-like …
Cereus pierre-braunianus is a large, tree-like cactus with segmented, upright or ascending branches that arise from a woody trunk. It can …
Cereus phatnospermus is a highly branched cactus with thick, fleshy, dark green stems with 4 to 5 well-defined ribs lined with clusters …
Cereus kroenleinii, also known as Cereus phatnospermus subsp. kroenleinii, is a shrubby cactus with erect or creeping stems with 4 to 5 …