Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Pachycereus > Pachycereus pecten-aboriginumPachycereus pecten-aboriginum (hair brush)Synonyms: Cereus pecten-aborigenum; Cereus pecten-aboriginum (homotypic); Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum tehuantepecanus; Pachycereus tehuantepecanus Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum (commonly known as hairbrush or Indian comb) is a columnar cactus plant native to Mexico. The can grow up to 15 meters high. The trunk of this species is 1.2 to 5 meters tall and the fruits are large and burlike. The species name, pecten-aboriginum, is from the Latin, and means "native combs". It was inspired by the use of the fruits as hair combs. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Population dynamics, reproduction, and diet of the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) in Jalisco, Mexico: implications for conservation, Kathryn E. Stoner, Karla A. O.-Salazar, Roxana C. R.-Fernández and Mauricio Quesada, Biodiversity and Conservation, Volume 12, Number 2, 357-373 (2003) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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