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A flea-beetle (Phenrica guerini), a leaf-mining moth (Epipagis cambogialis), and a stem-wilter, (Catorhintha schaffneri), feed on the leaves.[5]Although Pereskia aculeata is edible and of high nutrition quality, being an alternative to conventional food, this plant is a declared weed in South Africa where it does extensive damage to forest areas by smothering indigenous trees.
Rhodocactus grandifolius (rose cactus; syn. Pereskia grandifolia) is a species of cactus native to eastern and southern Brazil. Like all species in the genus Rhodocactus and unlike most cacti, it has persistent leaves. It was first described in 1819. It is grown as an ornamental plant and has naturalized outside its native range.
Leuenbergeria bleo, formerly Pereskia bleo, [2] (rose cactus, leaf cactus) is a leafy cactus, native to the shady, moist forests of Central America, that grows to a woody, prickly shrub about 2 m tall with large, orange flowers resembling rose blossoms.
The Cactaceae is a monograph on plants of the cactus family written by the American botanists Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose and published in multiple volumes between 1919 and 1923. It was landmark study that extensively reorganized cactus taxonomy and is still considered a cornerstone of the field. [1]
Opuntia megarrhiza Rose: Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí) 2n = 66 Opuntia mesacantha Raf. United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) Opuntia microdasys (Lehm.) Pfeiff. bunny ears cactus, polka-dot cactus: Mexico: 2n = 22 Opuntia militaris ...
Leuenbergeria quisqueyana [5] is a dioecious cactus that resembles a shrub and reaches up to 6 metres (20 ft) in height. Its trunk is surrounded by groups of spines which erupt in bunches. Its succulent leaves are elliptical in shape and are a bright green color.
Mammillaria jaliscana (Britton & Rose) Boed. Mammillaria kleiniorum Appenz. Mammillaria mercadensis var. guillauminiana (Backeb.) Repp. Mammillaria ocamponis Ochot. Mammillaria pennispinosa subsp. brachytrichion (Lüthy) U.Guzmán Mammillaria posseltiana Boed. Mammillaria rettigiana Boed. Mammillaria zacatecasensis Shurly
Pachycereus eichlamii (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua Pachycereus grandis Rose: Mexico (México State, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla) Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (Engelm. ex S.Watson) Britton & Rose: Indian comb: Mexico Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose: cardón cactus