Pereskia

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Pereskia Mill.
PERESKIA
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Classification

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CARYOPHYLLALES
Pereskia

Citation

PERESKIA Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754.
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TYPE: Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactus pereskia Linnaeus)

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Pereskia aculeata BARBADOS GOOSEBERRY; LEMON VINE Not Native
Pereskia grandifolia ROSE CACTUS Not Native

[Family identification key]

1.  Clambering shrub or vine; spines dimorphic, those of the young branches recurved, those of the older branches straight; flowers many in a paniculiform or corymbiform cyme; filaments white
1.  Shrub or tree; spines of one kind, all straight; flowers few in a terminal aggregate cyme; filaments red