Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Cactaceae > Pereskia > Pereskia grandifolia

Pereskia grandifolia (rose cactus)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pereskia grandifolia (rose cactus; syn. Cactus grandifolius Link, Rhodocactus grandifolius (Haw.) F.M.Knuth, Cactus rosa Vell.) is a cactus native to the Northeastern Brazil restingas. This plant is often used as a medicinal plant and an ornamental plant. In addition, it has edible leaves.
View Wikipedia Record: Pereskia grandifolia

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Diaspis echinocacti (cactus scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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