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Lava cactus

Flowering Plants

The lava cactus, Brachycereus nesioticus, is the sole species of the genus Brachycereus and a colonizer of lava fields, which is the source of its common name. It forms spiny clumps up to 60 centimeters tall with solitary white or yellowish-white flowers that open in the daytime, and it is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Brachycereus nesioticus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cactaceae, Taxa
Source Lava cactus (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Galapagos, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Lava cactus
Additional Source Galápagos Islands (Wikipedia)Article text
Sources
1. Lava cactus (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    The lava cactus is a species of cactus, Brachycereus nesioticus, the sole species of the genus Brachycereus.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
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2. Lava cactus (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q134991 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Cactaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Brachycereus nesioticus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 26608
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 26608
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2018-09-28T11:02:34.973Z","active":true,"cites_listing":"II"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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Galápagos Islands (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Galapagos, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Galapagos, Article text
Two endemic genera of cacti, each with a single species: Jasminocereus thouarsii, the candelabra cactus, and Brachycereus nesioticus, the lava cactus
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