Biologists continue to debate the genealogy of the cactus family, even differing by a factor of 10 about how many different genera there are. A study based on new genome sequences of four columnar ...

The saguaro cacti around my museum home look like they are celebrating! Flowers and fruits ring their crowns and the tips of their arms. Soon after the white flowers close, the bright red, open fruits ...

Environmental history of the Sonoran Desert / Thomas R. Van Devender -- Phytogeography of the columnar cacti (tribe Pachycereeae) in Mexico: a cladistic approach / Patricia Dávila-Aranda ... [et al.] ...

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The allometric relationship of stem length L with respect to mean stem diameter D was determined for 80 shoots of each of three columnar cactus species (Stenocereus thurberi, Lophocereus schottii, and ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in December 2020. If you've ever seen columnar cacti wearing Styrofoam cups, that's just the sign of a responsible plant owner. Although many plants ...

It's a remarkable sight: a tiny, rocky island, no more than three square kilometers in size, absolutely packed with large columnar cacti. Located in the Gulf of Mexico, Isla San Pedro Mártir (pictured ...

Saguaro cactuses are an iconic symbol of the American Southwest and the country's largest cactus species. But the world-famous cactuses are beginning to wither and die amidst the state’s ...

AbstractPlant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We compared pollinator effectiveness between facultative and obligate nectar-feeding bats to ...

Visitors to Mexico and the U.S. Southwest can't help but stand in awe of the solitary and majestic saguaro, the towering clusters of the organ pipe cactus and Baja's cardón, the appropriately named ...