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Echinopsis oxygona

Flowering Plants

Echinopsis oxygona is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. It is also known as Eyries cactus, Easter lily cactus or sea urchin cactus. The plant is spherical to short cylindrical, growing up to 75 centimeters tall and 15 centimeters across, with spines that vary from very short to strong central spines up to 3 to 3.5 centimeters long accompanied by up to 20 thinner radial spines. It produces fragrant white, lavender or pale red flowers up to 25 centimeters long and 10 centimeters across that open at night from long tubes. 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
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Echinopsis oxygona 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Cactaceae, Taxa
Source Echinopsis oxygona (Wikidata)
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Australia

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Brazil

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Cyprus

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Paraguay

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South Africa

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Spain

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Tunisia

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Uruguay

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Sources
1. Echinopsis oxygona (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Echinopsis oxygona, also known as Eyries cactus, Easter lily cactus or sea-urchin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to south Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Echinopsis oxygona, also known as Eyries cactus, Easter lily cactus or sea-urchin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to south Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.
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2. Echinopsis oxygona (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q142776 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q142776
  • 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+: Echinopsis oxygona
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13796
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 13796
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2019-11-19T11:46:39.748Z","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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