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Jasminocereus thouarsii - Faded flowers and developing fruit - Click to enlarge!

Faded flowers and developing fruit; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; 2/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn

Jasminocereus thouarsii - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; 2/2020 © Joachim Sauerborn

Dataset

Identifier: 2644
Date of entry: 11.06.2023
Last update: 11.06.2023

Common name

English: Candelabra cactus

German: Kandelaberkaktus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Jasminocereus (1)

            Epithet: thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. (1)

thouarsii => in honor of André Thouin (1747–1824), French botanist

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: arborescent

Flower colour: yellow, beige, white

External links

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