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Consolea
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Consolea

Consolea is a genus of cactus, named after Italian botanist Michelangelo Console. Members of the genus are native to the West Indies and Florida in the United States. Members of this genus consist of trees up to 10 m in height; they are dioecious or subdioecious.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Consolea moniliformis

speciesConsolea moniliformis

Road Kill Cactus

speciesConsolea rubescens

Semaphore Pricklypear

speciesConsolea corallicola

Consolea testudinis-crus

speciesConsolea testudinis-crus

Consolea picardae

speciesConsolea picardae

Jamaican Semaphore Cactus

speciesConsolea spinosissima

Consolea nashii

speciesConsolea nashii

Consolea millspaughii

speciesConsolea millspaughii

Consolea falcata

speciesConsolea falcata

Consolea macracantha

speciesConsolea macracantha

Consolea urbaniana

speciesConsolea urbaniana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 202172.