Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Caryophyllales
()
- Family: and, Oregon (
- Subfamily:
Cactoideae
()
- Tribe:
Browningieae
()
- Genus:
Armatocereus
()
- Backeberg, 1938
- Specific epithet:
arboreus
- Rauh & Backeb.
- Botanical name: - Armatocereus arboreus Rauh & Backeb.
- Specific epithet:
arboreus
- Rauh & Backeb.
- Genus:
Armatocereus
(
- Tribe:
Browningieae
(
)
- Order:
Caryophyllales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Publishing author : Rauh & Backeb. Publication : in Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 13 (1957).
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Armatocereus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. arduus (Armatocereus) · A. brevispinus (Armatocereus) · A. cartwrightianus (Armatocereus) · A. ghiesbreghtii (Armatocereus) · A. godingianus (Armatocereus) · A. humilis (Armatocereus) · A. laetus (Armatocereus) · A. mataranus (Armatocereus) · A. matucanensis (Armatocereus) · A. oligogonus (Armatocereus) · A. procerus (Armatocereus) · A. rauhii (Armatocereus) · A. riomajensis (Armatocereus) · A. rupicola (Armatocereus)
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Further Reading
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- Anderson, E. F. (2001): The Cactus Family, Timber Press, Protland, Oregon
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5769785
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128876-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 128876-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 719461
