Harrisia caymanensis: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
←Created page with '{{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Harrisia (plant) | species =caymanensis | taxon = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | authority = A.R.Franck | synonyms = }} '''''{{subst:PAGENAME}}''''' is a species of cactus found in the Cayman and Swan Islands.<ref name="Plants of the World Online w549">{{cite web | title=Harrisia caymanensis A.R.Franck | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77135940...' |
(No difference)
|
Revision as of 08:08, 25 November 2023
| Harrisia caymanensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Genus: | Harrisia |
| Species: | H. caymanensis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Harrisia caymanensis A.R.Franck
| |
Harrisia caymanensis is a species of cactus found in the Cayman and Swan Islands.[1]
Description
Harrisia caymanensis grows as a shrub light green shoots, often as long or longer than stem width, to 2.5 cm long and 0.5 mm thick. The distal areoles often overlapping 6.5 cm long and 0.7 mm thick.
The flowers are around 15 centimeters long. Its pericarpel are scales light green to green, ovate-lanceolate. The yellowish, ellipsoid to spherical fruits are smooth. Seeds 1.4–1.5 × 1.9–2.1 mm.[2]
Distribution
Harrisia caymanensis grow in coastal scrub and scrubby woodland on exposed limestone rock in in the Cayman and Swan Islands at elevations of 5–50 meters.
References
- ^ "Harrisia caymanensis A.R.Franck". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
- ^ Franck, Alan R. (2016). "MONOGRAPH OF HARRISIA" (PDF). Phytoneuron. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
External links
Media related to Harrisia caymanensis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Harrisia caymanensis at Wikispecies
