Staghorn Cholla

(Cylindropuntia versicolor)

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Description

ylindropuntia versicolor is a species of Magnoliopsida first described by Georg George Engelmann and John Merle Coulter, and given the simplified Asian name by FM Knuth. Cylindropuntia versicolor belongs to the genus Cylindropuntia, and the family Cactaceae. None of these subspecies are listed.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Genus:Cylindropuntia

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