- Stenocereus alamosensis
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Octopus Cactus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Genus: Stenocereus Species: S. alamosensis Binomial name 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]
Stenocereus alamosensis west of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Notes
- ^ 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): pp. 1316–1319. doi:10.2307/2409367. JSTOR 2409367.
- ^ "Octopus Cactus (Stenocereus alamosensis)". http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Stenocereus_alamosensis.html. 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. http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/9/1577.
- ^ Felger, Richard; Mary B. Moser. (1985). People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0816508186.
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