Biology:Pachycereus schottii

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Pachycereus schottii
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Pachycereus
Species:
P. schottii
Binomial name
Pachycereus schottii
(Engelm.) D.R.Hunt[1]

Pachycereus schottii, the senita cactus,[2] is a species of cactus from southern Arizona and north-western Mexico, particularly Baja California and Sonora. Synonyms include Pilocereus schottii and Lophocereus schottii.[1]

The senita cactus exhibits mutualism with the senita moth. The senita moth is the only nocturnal pollinator of the cactus, and the moth relies on the cactus as a host for reproduction.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5 , pp. 536–537
  2. "Pachycereus schottii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PASC14. Retrieved 10 August 2015. 
  3. Holland, J. Nathaniel; Fleming, Theodore H. (1999-09-01). "Mutualistic Interactions Between Upiga Virescens (pyralidae), a Pollinating Seed-Consumer, and Lophocereus Schottii (cactaceae)" (in en). Ecology 80 (6): 2074–2084. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2074:mibuvp2.0.co;2]. ISSN 1939-9170. 

Wikidata ☰ Q662904 entry