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Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)

Mojave Mound Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus)

This is an Mojave Mound Cactus near Joshua Tree, California.

Macrophotograph

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae SUBFAMILY: Cactoideae TRIBE: Pachycereeae GENUS: Echinocereus SPECIES: triglochidiatus

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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