Rajamatraca (Pereskiopsis porteri)
Description
Pereskiopsis porteri grows shrubby to tree-shaped , is sometimes sprawling proliferating and reaches stature heights of 2 to 5 meters. The branches are ascending, the clear trunk lignifies and measures up to 3 inches in diameter. The strong, woody, bare, green shoots are 10 to 40 inches long and reach a diameter of 0.5 to 1 centimeter. The egg-shaped to rounded or lanceolate leaf blade , the different, green, bare, fleshy leaves is 1.2 to 5 inches long and 0.5 to 3 inches wide. The gray areoles are common with hair and abundant reddish glochidsoccupied. The one to three, straight, blackish to gray thorns are sometimes missing on young shoots. At the trunk are up to 16 in an Areole available. The thorns are 0.5 to 5 inches long. The wide-opening flowers reach a diameter of 4 to 8 centimeters and are 4 to 5 inches long. Its pericarp is studded with glochids and hair, but rarely carries thorns. The ellipsoidal to obovate, reddish to yellowish orange fruits sometimes proliferate . They are 3 to 5.5 inches long and reach a diameter of 0.4 to 1.2 inches. The chromosome number is 2n = 110.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Pereskiopsis
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