Branch, close-up; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2013 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 1/2013 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2055 Date of entry: 05.02.2013 Last update: 24.01.2020
Portuguese: Caxacubri
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Caryophyllales (123)
Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Pseudopilocereus (1)
Epithet: tuberculatus (Werderm.) Buxb. (1)
tuberculatus => beset with small tubers or knobbly projections
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
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