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Tacinga palmadora - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 12/2013 © Jörn Germer

Tacinga palmadora - Stem segment - Click to enlarge!

Stem segment; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 12/2013 © Jörn Germer

Tacinga palmadora - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia Pernambuco, Brazil; 12/2013 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1899
Date of entry: 22.04.2012
Last update: 19.06.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2635)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)

      Order: Caryophyllales (124)

        Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Tacinga (2)

            Epithet: palmadora (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy (1)

palmadora => from Portuguese 'palmatória' for spanking paddle

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, orange, white

External links

Check for Tacinga palmadora at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI
  • [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org

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