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Cholla Cactus (Cylindropuntia sp.)

Cholla Cactus (Cylindropuntia sp.)

This is an Cholla cactus in Palm Canyon, California.

Macrophotograph

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae SUBFAMILY: Opuntioideae TRIBE: Cylindropuntieae GENUS: Cylindropuntia SPECIES:

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991