Pereskia nemorosa Rojas Acosta
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Filed As
Cactaceae
Pereskia nemorosa Rojas Acosta -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3890034
Occurrence ID: 84dbf5aa-3205-484b-bbac-9308cce3ff5e
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Caryophyllales
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Family
Cactaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[South America]
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Distribution
PLANTS. OF SOUTH AMERICA Collected by Taos. Morons, 1888-1890, , 1 ^ Central Pijraguay. t iBi> Pereskia nemorosa Rojas B. Leuenberger 1983 Peireskia Bleo, D.C., Prod., iii, 475. Asuncion (188). November-January. • One of the most striking plants in the region, ofteh used as a hedge, for which it is admirably adapted by its thick foliage, its numerous, spreading branches, and its terrible thorns. Shrub-like, often growing into a small tree 6—8 m. high. Stems green, smooth^ Leaves coriaceous, thick, nearly sessile, obovate or oblong, 5—10 cm. long, 4-5 cm. wide. The spines are in axillary clusters, the main one 4 or 5 cm. in length, very sharp and strong, wounds from which are very painful and apt to cause gangrene. The flowers, in terminal clusters, are white and rose-colored, as large as a Camellia blossom, very showy. Fruit a hard green nutlet, about 2^ cm. in diameter, 1-celled, many seeded. Yery difficult to preserve in Herba- rium specimens, as the leaves and stems fall to pieces in drying. The common Spanish name of this species is Amapola, and the (Guarani name S.urubi-y. VS/ O BOTANICAL garde*4 ojjikm. Examined fw THE CACTACEAE Carnegie institution ngteft NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 03890034 03890034
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Pereskia nemorosa Rojas Acosta