Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora in southwestern Arizona. Part 7. Eudicots: Cactaceae – Cactus Family
@inproceedings{Felger2014AjoPT, title={Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora in southwestern Arizona. Part 7. Eudicots: Cactaceae – Cactus Family}, author={Richard Stephen Felger and Sue Rutman and Marc A Baker and Jim Malusa}, year={2014} }
A floristic account is provided for the cactus family as part of the vascular plant flora of the contiguous protected areas of Organ Pipe Cactus National M onument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and the Tinajas Altas Region in the heart of the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona. The modern native cactus flora includes 35 taxa i n 12 genera, plus 2 non-native pricklypears that are not established in the flora area. The over all cactus flora including fossils and nonnatives totals…
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