Species of the family Cactaceae possess physiological adaptations to arid and semi-arid climates that have allowed them to be used as a resource throughout the year by traditional peoples. The ...

THE issue of the fourth volume of “The Cactaceæ” brings this sumptuous monograph of the family to a conclusion. Previous volumes have been discussed in NATURE, vol. 107, p. 580, and vol. in ...

ALL cultivators of cacti and all botanists who are interested in this remarkable family of plants will feel satisfaction in knowing that at last we have in the English language a standard up-to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Echinocereus is the third most species-rich genus in the Cactaceae. It is distributed in North America from Mexico to the central U. S. A.