index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS ORDER CARYOPHYLLALES
FAMILY CACTACEAE

FAMILY CACTACEAE




BBALLBLU.GIF succulent
BBALLBLU.GIF native to the Americas

BBALLBLU.GIF Inception:
Age of a few million years. Aprox: -35 million years
First ancestral cactus genus: Genus Pereskia
Max life span: 300 years

BBALLBLU.GIF 2,000-3,000 species


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Genus Pereskia ancestral genus from which all other cacti evolved
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Genus Lophophora williamsii,(Peyote) is a well-known psychoactive agent
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Genus Echinopsis (previously Trichocereus) also have psychoactive properties

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SubFamily Cactoideae


SAGARLOGO.JPG, 13 kB Genus Carnegiea
BANAST15.gif Genus Carnegiea
Saguaro Cactus

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SubFamily Opuntioideae

Genus Opuntia
BUNNYLOGO.JPG, 14 kB PEARLOGO.JPG, 10 kB Genus Opuntia
BANAST15.gif Opuntia cactus
BunnyEars, Prickly pears


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Genus Pachycereus pringlei tallest 19.2 m
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Genus cholla (Barrel cactus) xerophytes
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BANAST15.gif cholla (Barrel cactus)
cholla (Barrel cactus)


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Genus Echinop
BANAST15.gif genus Echinopsis
sea-urchin cactus


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