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Matraca (Peniocereus johnstonii)

Description

Peniocereus Johnstonii is a cactus plant described by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose . Peniocereus johnstonii is part of the genus Peniocereus and the family cactus plants.Peniocereus johnstonii grows shrubby with spreizklimmenden or climbing, hardly branched shoots and reaches stature heights of up to 3 meters. The big, fleshy roots are bulbous. The slender, delicate shoots have a diameter of 1 to 2 centimeters. There are three to five slightly wavy ribs . The thorns are brown to black. One to three pfriemliche, 4 to 8 millimeters long middle spines and eight to eleven spines are formed.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Peniocereus