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'''''Stenocereus alamosensis''''' ('''octopus cactus''' or '''cina'''<ref>Divergence in Cactophilic Drosophila: The Evolutionary Significance of Adult Ethanol Metabolism, William J. Etge, Evolution, Sep 1989, pages = pp. 1316–1319, http://jstor.org/stable/2409367</ref>) is a species of [[cactus]] native to Mexico.<ref>http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Stenocereus_alamosensis.html</ref> It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding.<ref>Vivipary in coastal cacti: a potential reproductive strategy in halophytic environments, J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez, Álvaro Reyes-Olivas and Bardo Sánchez-Soto, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/9/1577 ; American Journal of Botany, 2007, vol 94, pages = 1577–1581</ref> The [[Seri people]] of Sonora call this cactus ''xasaacoj''.<ref>People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians, 1985, University of Arizona Press</ref> | |||
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Stenocereus alamosensis (octopus cactus or cina[1]) is a species of cactus native to Mexico.[2] It is viviparous (that is, the seeds germinate before leaving the parent plant), apparently an adaptation to living in coastal plains which are prone to flooding.[3] The Seri people of Sonora call this cactus xasaacoj.[4]
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References
- ↑ Divergence in Cactophilic Drosophila: The Evolutionary Significance of Adult Ethanol Metabolism, William J. Etge, Evolution, Sep 1989, pages = pp. 1316–1319, http://jstor.org/stable/2409367
- ↑ http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Stenocereus_alamosensis.html
- ↑ Vivipary in coastal cacti: a potential reproductive strategy in halophytic environments, J. Hugo Cota-Sánchez, Álvaro Reyes-Olivas and Bardo Sánchez-Soto, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/9/1577 ; American Journal of Botany, 2007, vol 94, pages = 1577–1581
- ↑ People of the desert and sea: ethnobotany of the Seri Indians, 1985, University of Arizona Press
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