Pereskia is a small genus of about four species of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and non-succulent stems. The genus is named after Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a 16th-century French botanist. The genus was more widely circumscribed until molecular phylogenetic studies showed that it was paraphyletic. The majority of species have since been transferred to Leuenbergeria and Rhodocactus. Although Pereskia does not resemble other cacti in its overall morphology, close examination shows spines developing from areoles, and the distinctive floral cup of the cactus family.
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👉 Pereskia in the context of List of edible cacti
This is a list of edible plants in the family Cactaceae.
- Acanthocereus tetragonus - sword pear
- Browningia candelaris
- Carnegiea gigantea - saguaro
- Cereus repandus - hedge cactus
- Cochemiea
- Corryocactus
- Coryphantha - beehive cacti
- Disocactus anguliger - zig zag cactus (grows edible fruit with a taste similar to kiwifruit)
- Echinocereus - strawberry cacti or hedgehog cacti
- E. bonkerae - short-spined strawberry cactus
- E. boyce-thompsonii
- E. brandegeei
- E. cinerascens
- E. dasyacanthus - spiny hedgehog cactus
- E. engelmannii - strawberry hedgehog cactus
- E. enneacanthus
- E. fasciculatus - pinkflower hedgehog cactus
- E. fendleri - Fendler's hedgehog cactus
- E. ledingii
- E. nicholii
- E. stramineus - pitaya
- Echinopsis coquimbana - sea-urchin cactus
- Epiphyllum - orchid cacti
- Epithelantha (the fruit of all species said to be edible)
- Eulychnia
- Ferocactus
- F. hamatacanthus - Turk's head
- F. histrix - borrachito
- F. latispinus - pocha
- Harrisia - prickly applecacti
- H. aboriginum - west-coast prickly apple
- H. adscendens
- H. balansae
- H. eriophora
- H. fragrans - fragrant prickly apple
- H. martinii - Martin applecactus
- H. pomanensis
- H. simpsonii - Simpson's applecactus
- Leucostele atacamensis - cardón
- Lophocereus schottii - senita cactus
- Mammillaria - nipple cacti or birthday cake cacti
- M. applanata
- M. lasiacantha - golf-ball pincushion cactus
- M. meiacantha
- M. microcarpa
- M. oliviae
- Other species
- Maihuenia - maihuén
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans - garambulos (taste like less-acidic cranberries)
- Neowerdermannia vorwerkii - achakana
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Pereskia in the context of Epiphyllum
Epiphyllum, /ˌɛpɪˈfɪləm/; from Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-), meaning "upon", and φύλλον (phúllon), meaning "leaf", is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South America. Common names for these species include climbing cacti, orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia.