Stenocereus alamosensis
Stenocereus alamosensis (octopus cactus or cina[1]) is a species of cactus native to Mexico.[2] It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding.[3] The Seri people of Sonora call this cactus xasaacoj.[4] The specific epithet, alamosensis, refers to the plant's occurrence at Álamos in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico.[5]
Stenocereus alamosensis west of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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References
- William J. Etges (Sep 1989). "Divergence in Cactophilic Drosophila: The Evolutionary Significance of Adult Ethanol Metabolism". Evolution. Society for the Study of Evolution. 43 (6): 1316–1319. doi:10.2307/2409367. JSTOR 2409367.
- "Octopus Cactus (Stenocereus alamosensis)". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez, Álvaro Reyes-Olivas and Bardo Sánchez-Soto (2007). "Vivipary in coastal cacti: a potential reproductive strategy in halophytic environments". American Journal of Botany. 94 (9): 1577–1581. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.9.1577. PMID 21636523.
- Felger, Richard; Mary B. Moser. (1985). People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-0818-6.
- Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. OCLC 54407693. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
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