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Family: Cactaceae
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Country of Origin: Ecuador, at elevations of 8000 to 10000 feet (2400 to 3000 m)
Description: Shrubby or treelike cactus, up to 14 feet tall (4.2 m); stem segments up to 10 inches long (25 cm), 2.4 inches in diameter (6 cm); awl-shaped leaves, up to 0.4 inch long (1 cm); glochids; 2 to 8 spines
Uses:
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Source: Unknown
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Opuntioideae
- Tribe: Austrocylindropuntieae
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References:
- Desert Tropicals
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