| Harrisia brookii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Harrisia |
| Species: | H. brookii |
| Binomial name | |
| Harrisia brookii Britton | |
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Harrisia brookii is a species of cactus found in the Bahamas.
Harrisia brookii grows as a shrub with richly branched, light green shoots 3 to 4 centimeters in diameter and reaches heights of up to 5 meters. There are ten distinct, deeply notched ribs. The nine to twelve brown to white thorns are up to 2.5 centimeters long.
The funnel-shaped flowers are around 20 centimeters long. Its floral tube and pericarpel are covered with long, pointed scales. The yellowish, ellipsoid to spherical fruits reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. They are covered with low tubercles and perennial scales. [1]
Harrisia brookii is common in the Bahamas at elevations of 0-20 meters. [2]
The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton was published in 1909. The specific epithet brookii honors the archivist Herbert A. Brooke from the Bahamas. A nomenclature synonym is Cereus brookii (Britton) Vaupel (1913). [3]
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