| Praecereus saxicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Praecereus |
| Species: | P. saxicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Praecereus saxicola (Morong) N.P. Taylor 1997 | |
Praecereus saxicola is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay [1]
Praecereus saxicola grows shrubby with sparsely to well branched, upright to spreading, bluegreen stems of 1.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter. There are 6 to 9 ribs available. The 1 to 5 needle-like middle spines are up to 1.5 inches long. The 6 to 9 needles are white and have a black tip. They are 2 to 6 millimeters long.
The greenish-white flowers are up to 12 centimeters long. The fruits have diameters of up to 3 centimeters.
Abies concolor, the white fir, is a coniferous tree in the pine family Pinaceae. This tree is native to the mountains of western North America, including the Cascade Range and southern Rocky Mountains, and into the isolated mountain ranges of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Northern Mexico. It naturally occurs at elevations between 900–3,400 metres (3,000–11,200 ft).
Stetsonia coryne, the toothpick cactus, is the sole species in the cactus genus Stetsonia. The plant is native to the deserts and dry forest of Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. Stetsonia coryne grows to a height of 15 to 25 ft tall. It has white flowers. The genus was named to honor Francis Lynde Stetson, a New York attorney and plant lover.
Abies numidica, the Algerian fir, is a species of fir found only in Algeria, where it is endemic on Djebel Babor, the second-highest mountain in the Algerian Tell Atlas.
Cochemiea guelzowiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. The species epithet guelzowiana honors the German cactus collector Robert Gülzow of Berlín.
Micranthocereus albicephalus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Ericameria pinifolia is a species of flowering shrubs in the family Asteraceae known by the common name pinebush. This plant is native to southern California and northern Baja California.
Soehrensia schickendantzii is a cactus found in northwestern Argentina in provinces of Salta and Tucumán at elevations of 1600 to 3200 meters.
Ribes quercetorum is a species of currant known by the common names rock gooseberry, oak gooseberry and oakwoods gooseberry. It is native to the mountains and hills of California from the San Francisco Bay Area south into Baja California and east into Arizona.
Ferocactus emoryi, known commonly as Emory's barrel cactus, Coville's barrel cactus and traveler's friend, is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus.
Parodia schumanniana is a quite rare species of succulent plant in the family Cactaceae. The specific epithet schumanniana honors the cactus specialist Karl Moritz Schumann.
Praecereus euchlorus is a flowering plant in the family Cactaceae that is found in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay at elevations of 700 to 1300 meters
Armatocereus laetus is a species of Armatocereus from Peru.
Opuntia quitensis is a species of columnar cactus found in Peru and Ecuador.
Echinopsis bridgesii, is a species of Echinopsis found in Bolivia.
Soehrensia huascha, is a species of Soehrensia in the Cactaceae family, found in north western Argentina. First published in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 29: 5 in 2013.
Echinopsis uyupampensis, is a species of Echinopsis found in Bolivia and Peru.
Cereus stenogonus, also known as narrow-angled cereus, is a species of Cereus found in Bolivia and Paraguay.
Larsenianthus careyanus is a species of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). It occurs in Bangladesh as well as northeast India. It is the type species of the genus Larsenianthus, which was newly established in 2010.
Larsenianthus arunachalensis is a species of the genus Larsenianthus in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).. It was first described in 2010 and is native to northeastern India.
Polaskia chichipe is a succulent cactus native to a small area of mountains of northern Oaxaca and southern Puebla, Mexico. It grows in xerophytic shrubland between 1,600 and 2,300 meters above sea level.
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