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1. agavaceae-nolinaceae (Phocagallery / agavaceae-nolinaceae) Habitat: tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, particularly Mexico, the West Indies, Central America, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia; the Mediterranean. Description: a family ... 2. aizoaceae (Phocagallery / aizoaceae) Habitat: mainly South Africa although they also occur in Madagascar, Horn of Africa, Arabian peninsula, Island of Elba, Australia and New Zealand. Description: the Aizoaceae (Rudolphi) family of ... 3. ancistrocactus (Phocagallery / ancistrocactus) Habitat: Mexico, Texas. Description: globular, sometimes upright cylindrical, cacti with big areoles each of them bearing a central hooked spine; they may develop a taproot. The diurnal flowers are borne ... 4. aporophyllum (Phocagallery / aporophyllum) Habitat: intergeneric hybrids. Description: a group of hybrids obtained by crossing Aporocactus with Epiphyllum. Soil: fertile mix with a pH of 6. Location: a shady and well ventilated site; ... 5. arrojadoa (Phocagallery / arrojadoa) Habitat: Brazil. Description: a genus with upright stems, sometimes exhibiting a horizontal or oblique habit. Some may be cespitose, others such as A. rhodantha quite tall. The glossy green stems have ... 6. astrophytum (Phocagallery / astrophytum) Habitat: Mexico, Texas. Description: cacti with globular but more often columnar stems which may have four to eight ribs (up to ten as the plants grow older) and be covered with a variable number of ... 7. crassulaceae (Phocagallery / crassulaceae) Subfamilies: CRASSULOIDEAE, SEDOIDEAE, COTYLEDONOIDEAE, KALANCHOIDEAE, ECHEVERIOIDEAE, SEMPERVIVOIDEAE. According to some botanists only two of them are to be considered subfamilies:the Crassuloideae and ... 8. cucurbitaceae (Phocagallery / cucurbitaceae) Habitat: Europe, America, South Africa. Description: a family of herbaceous plants or prostrate little shrubs, often climbing by means of tendrils. The stem and leaves are usually rough and covered ... 9. didiereaceae (Phocagallery / didiereaceae) Habitat: Madagascar. Description: the family includes spiny shrubs or trees with succulent stems, fleshy small leaves and flowers arranged in inflorescences. Soil: basic mix. Location: choose a bright ... 10. dioscoreaceae (Phocagallery / dioscoreaceae) Habitat: Central America, South Africa. Description: monocotyledonous plants similar to Liliaceae; They have a globular or elongated rhizome from which thin, climbing stems arise, bearing alternate leaves. ... 11. discocactus (Phocagallery / discocactus) Habitat: Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia. Description: a group of globular cacti with white, large, fragrant night-blooming flowers that wither the following day. Mature plants develop a cephalium which will ... 12. dolichothele (Phocagallery / dolichothele) Habitat: Mexico e southern United States. Description: a group of globular cacti with soft, elongated tubercles. The flowers are yellow and quite large. They are now believed to be part of the genus ... 13. eriosyce (Phocagallery / eriosyce) Habitat: deserts of Peru and Chile. Description: these spherical cacti have approximately forty ribs with tough spines. Pink or purplish pink flowers appear once the plant has reached maturity, that ... 14. escobaria (Phocagallery / escobaria) Habitat: desert regions of southwestern Texas and southern New Mexico. Description: the genus comprises mainly globular cacti with a clumping habit, with vertically furrowed tubercles like Coryphantha. ... 15. euphorbiaceae (Phocagallery / euphorbiaceae) Habitat: the family is distributed across warm temperate, subtropical and tropical areas occurring in Central and Austral Africa, Madagascar, the Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Zambia, with a few species growing ... 16. hylocereus (Phocagallery / hylocereus) Habitat: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Antilles, and some northern regions of South America. The genus is spread over tropical areas with a humid, jungle-like climate. Description: a genus of forest ... 17. lobivia (Phocagallery / lobivia) Habitat: South America: Bolivia, Peru, Argentina. Description: a genus of small clumping globular plants, naturally growing in mountainous regions. In the summer, large, funnel-shaped flowers are borne ... 18. mammillaria (Phocagallery / mammillaria) Habitat: Mexico, south-west of the United States, South America, West Indies. Description: a genus of small, globular or cylindrical plants, from whose axils tiny, crown-shaped flowers arise; they may ... 19. neoporteria (Phocagallery / neoporteria) Habitat: southern Peru, Argentinean and Chilean Andes. Description: a genus of small globular cacti living at great elevations on the Andean ranges; the large, often bicoloured flowers are borne near ... 20. obregonia (Phocagallery / obregonia) Habitat: northwestern Mexico. Description: the genus is related to Ariocarpus and Strombocactus; the plants have a big taproot, large triangular, rosette-like tubercles with areoles on their tip. The ...
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