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    Pereskia is a small genus of about four species of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and non-succulent stems...
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    Pereskia aculeata is a scrambling shrub in the family Cactaceae. Common names include Barbados gooseberry, blade-apple cactus, leaf cactus, rose cactus...
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    groups: three tree-like genera, Leuenbergeria, Pereskia and Rhodocactus (all formerly placed in Pereskia), and the much smaller Maihuenia. These two groups...
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    Rhodocactus grandifolius (rose cactus; syn. Pereskia grandifolia) is a species of cactus native to eastern and southern Brazil. Like all species in the...
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    has media related to Leuenbergeria bleo. Leuenbergeria bleo, formerly Pereskia bleo, (rose cactus, leaf cactus) is a leafy cactus, native to the shady...
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    species was discovered by the French botanist Henri Alain Liogier in 1977 as Pereskia quisqueyana, the description being published in 1980. He named it quisqueyana...
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  • refer to: Cereus repandus, Peruvian apple cactus Harrisia, applecactus Pereskia aculeata, blade-apple cactus cactus apple This page is an index of articles...
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  • Thumbnail for Austrocylindropuntia subulata
    is a declared Weed of National Significance. The first description as Pereskia subulata took place in 1845 by Friedrich Mühlenpfordt. Curt Backeberg classified...
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    orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia. The stems are broad and flat, 1–5 cm broad, 3–5 mm thick, usually with...
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    broadly circumscribed Pereskia, but molecular phylogenetic studies from 2005 onwards showed that with this circumscription Pereskia was paraphyletic, and...
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    shared inheritance to determine relationships. As an example, species of Pereskia are trees or bushes with prominent leaves. They do not obviously resemble...
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    persistent fleshy leaves. The genus name refers to its resemblance to the genus Pereskia. Most species are found in Mexico south through Guatemala to Honduras,...
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    the species within it were included in a broadly circumscribed genus, Pereskia. Leuenbergeria is the only genus in the subfamily Leuenbergerioideae. Species...
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  • Thumbnail for Rhodocactus bahiensis
    cactus that is endemic to the Brazilian state of Bahia. First described as Pereskia bahiensis, it was transferred to Rhodocactus in 2016. Like all species...
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    persistent leaves. It was first described by Nicolás Rojas Acosta in 1897 as Pereskia nemorosa, and transferred to Rhodocactus in 2016. Rhodocactus nemorosus...
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    Rhodocactus sacharosa, synonym Pereskia sacharosa, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native from Bolivia and west-central...
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    flower of which is the national flower of Jamaica and the Bayahibe rose (Pereskia quisqueyana) which is the national flower of the Dominican Republic and...
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  • Thumbnail for Rhodocactus stenanthus
    stenanthus is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. First described as Pereskia stenantha, it was transferred to Rhodocactus in 2016. Like all species...
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  • Leuenbergeria aureiflora, formerly Pereskia aureiflora, is a species of cactus that is endemic to eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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    Tainos art along a 2-kilometer walk that meanders through the forest. Pereskia quisqueyana is a species of plant endemic to Bayahíbe. It has a pink flower...
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    the Arizona Queen of the Night P. johnstonii and P. serpentinus genus Pereskia P. aculeata, the "Barbados gooseberry" P. guamacho Genus Selenicereus S...
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  • "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus"; Brazilian name for Pereskia aculeata orando laborando by praying, by working motto of Rugby School...
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    Ortegocactus, Pachycereus, Parodia, Pediocactus, Pelecyphora, Peniocereus, Pereskia, Pereskiopsis, Pilosocereus, Polaskia, Praecereus, Pseudoacanthocereus...
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    Pereskia), Opuntioideae, Maihuenioideae (consisting only of the genus Maihuenia) and Cactoideae. Molecular phylogenetic studies suggest that Pereskia...
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    shrubs are Bourreria cumanensis, Randia aculeata, Godmania aesculifolia, Pereskia guamacho, Prosopis spp., Xylosma benthamii, Erytroxylum sp., and Cereus...
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    spathulata (Otto ex Pfeiff.) F.A.C.Weber Pereskia crassicaulis Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Pereskia higuerana Cárdenas Pereskia spathulata Otto ex Pfeiff. Pereskiopsis...
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  • her Ph.D. from Yale University where she worked on the evolution of the Pereskia, a genus of cactus. Following her Ph.D. she was a postdoctoral researcher...
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  • succulent native to South America that superficially resembles gooseberry Pereskia aculeata, the Barbados gooseberry, an unusual cactus Within family Phyllanthaceae:...
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  • "Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis pecatoribus"; Brazilian name for Pereskia aculeata orando laborando by praying, by working motto of Rugby School...
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    urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5399-1 Tropicos: 40012302 WFO: wfo-4000022893 Pereskia subg. Maihuenia Wikidata: Q14928256 Tropicos: 100362962 WFO: wfo-3500004011...
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