The Cactaceae, Vol. 3

Excerpt from The Cactaceae, Vol. 3: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family

Mostly low, simple or cespitose, terrestrial cacti, the stems 1-jointed or rarely few-jointed, ribbed; areoles borne on the ribs and spiniferous or rarely spineless; flowers always solitary at lateral* areoles, funnelform to campanulate; perianth-segments few to many; fruit smooth or spiny, with few exceptions fleshy and indehiscent or splitting on one side; seeds mostly black.

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