Stenocereus alamosensis
| Octopus Cactus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Genus: | Stenocereus |
| Species: | S. alamosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenocereus alamosensis | |
Stenocereus alamosensis (octopus cactus or cina[1]) is a species of cactus native to Mexico.[2] It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding.[3] The Seri people of Sonora call this cactus xasaacoj.[4]
Stenocereus alamosensis west of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Notes
- ↑ William J. Etges (Sep 1989). "Divergence in Cactophilic Drosophila: The Evolutionary Significance of Adult Ethanol Metabolism". Evolution (Society for the Study of Evolution) 43 (6): 1316–1319. doi:10.2307/2409367. JSTOR 2409367.
- ↑ "Octopus Cactus (Stenocereus alamosensis)". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ↑ J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez, Álvaro Reyes-Olivas and Bardo Sánchez-Soto (2007). "Vivipary in coastal cacti: a potential reproductive strategy in halophytic environments". American Journal of Botany 94 (9): 1577–1581. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.9.1577.
- ↑ Felger, Richard; Mary B. Moser. (1985). People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0818-6.
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