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Red Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)

Red Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus)

This is a red barrel cactus in Palm Canyon, California.

Macrophotograph

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Core Eudicots ORDER: Caryophyllales FAMILY: Cactaceae GENUS: Ferocactus SPECIES: cylindraceus

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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