| Harrisia divaricata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Harrisia |
| Species: | H. divaricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Harrisia divaricata (Lam.) Lourteig | |
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Harrisia divaricata is a species of cactus endemic to Hispaniola. [1]
Harrisia divaricata grows as a shrub with upright, richly branched, slender shoots. There are nine blunt ribs. The four brown central spines are 2 to 2.5 centimeters long. The eight to ten marginal spines are white.
The flowers are large and the spherical fruits are yellow. [2]
Harrisia divaricata is widespread on Hispaniola.
The first description as Cactus divaricatus was made in 1785 by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck. [3] The specific epithet divaricata means 'spread'. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Harrisia in 1960. Further nomenclature synonyms are Cereus divaricatus (Lam.) DC. (1828), Pilocereus divaricatus (Lam.) Lem. (1862) and Harrisia divaricata (Lam.) Lourteig (1991, nom. inval.).
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