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21. lophophora (Phocagallery / lophophora) Habitat: Texas, south-east of United States, Mexico. Description: they have a globular, green, spineless stem with a fleshy taproot resembling a beetroot. Some species produce offsets from the base. ... 22. moraceae (Phocagallery / moraceae) Habitat: Arabia, temperate and tropical areas. Description: dicotyledonous shrubs or trees containing latex. The leaves are alternate with caducous stipules. Monosexual flowers are borne in cymes during ... 23. neoporteria (Phocagallery / neoporteria) Habitat: southern Peru, Argentinean and Chilean Andes. Description: a genus of small globular cacti living at great elevations on the Andean ranges; the large, often bicoloured flowers are borne near ... 24. obregonia (Phocagallery / obregonia) Habitat: northwestern Mexico. Description: the genus is related to Ariocarpus and Strombocactus; the plants have a big taproot, large triangular, rosette-like tubercles with areoles on their tip. The ... 25. oxalidaceae (Phocagallery / oxalidaceae) Habitat: South Africa, South America. Some species have become naturalized in Europe. Description: a family of herbaceous or shrub-like plants with a tuber that usually fold up their leaves at night ... 26. parodia (Phocagallery / parodia) Habitat: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay. Description: these beautiful small, spiny cacti with a cylindrical or globular stem can bloom just 2 or 3 years after sowing. The large, funnel-shaped ... 27. passifloraceae (Phocagallery / passifloraceae) Habitat: Kenia, Namibia, Asia. Description: a group of woody, evergreen, floriferous vines. The leaves are alternate, sometimes lobed. The fruit is a berry. They may have a spiny caudex. Soil: basic ... 28. pediocactus (Phocagallery / pediocactus) Habitat: California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado. Description: a genus of small plants living at high elevations with a globular or subglobular shape. The tubercles are pronounced and ... 29. pereskia (Phocagallery / pereskia) Habitat: tropical America. Description: a primitive genus of cactaceous plants forming shrubs with a prostrate or climbing habit; the leaves are oval and stalked, the areoles large with tufts of tough ... 30. portulacaceae (Phocagallery / portulacaceae) Tribes: PORTULACEAE, PORTULACARIEAE, LEWISIEAE, TALINEAE. Habitat: tropical and subtropical areas. Description: dicotyledonous, herbaceous plants that may be annual or perennial with an upright or ... 31. rubiaceae (Phocagallery / rubiaceae) Habitat: the Tropics. Description: a family of dicotyledonous plants, either woody or herbaceous, with sessile leaves and hermaphrodite flowers, usually arranged in panicles. The fruit is a capsule, ... 32. sterculiaceae (Phocagallery / sterculiaceae) Habitat: tropical belts. Description: this family of dicotyledonous plants is comprised of seventy genera or so; the plants have a shrubby or tree-like habit and bear leaves with stipules. The fruit ... 33. Succulents (Phocagallery / Succulente) PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Since this website has already reached a considerable size, due to the many photo galleries and the development of different language versions, providing extensive information ... 34. thelocactus (Phocagallery / thelocactus) Habitat: deserts of Mexico and Texas. Description: this diverse genus, still lacking defined boundaries, comprises many different plants whose most evident common characteristic is the dense spination. ... 35. turbinicarpus (Phocagallery / turbinicarpus) Habitat: Mexico. Description: this dwarf, globular genus is found between 1500 and 1800 metres of altitude (4900-5900 ft) growing in stony or sandy areas with a slightly alkaline, moderately humus-rich ... 36. uebelmannia (Phocagallery / uebelmannia) Habitat: Brazil. Description: recently discovered beautiful, globular plants having green stems with several ribs and closely-spaced areoles. The flowers are yellow and diurnal and appear in the summer. ... 37. vitaceae (Phocagallery / vitaceae) Habitat: Africa and Madagascar. Description: these dicotyledonous plants can be sarmentose or climbers by means of tendrils, monoecious or dioecious. The leaves are alternate and deciduous. Small, pentamerous ... 38. welwitschiaceae (Phocagallery / welwitschiaceae) Habitat: foggy deserts of Angola and Namibia. Description: this creeping plant develops two long, ribbon-like leaves only; they tend to split with age since the tip becomes dry and dies while the leaf ... 39. wilcoxia (Phocagallery / wilcoxia) Habitat: central and southern Mexico. Description: a group of cacti having greenish, slender stems that show either climbing or upright and shrub-like habit. The roots may be tuberous and the spines ... 40. sterculiaceae: brachychiton foglie (Phocagallery / brachychiton foglie) brachychiton foglie ... Monday, 02 February 2009
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