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Myrtillocactus
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Myrtillocactus

Myrtillocactus (from Latin, "blueberry cactus") is a genus of cacti. The genus is found from Mexico to Guatemala. The genus is best known with Myrtillocactus geometrizans.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Blue Myrtle-cactus

speciesMyrtillocactus geometrizans

candelabra cactus

speciesMyrtillocactus cochal

Myrtillocactus schenckii

speciesMyrtillocactus schenckii

Myrtillocactus eichlamii

speciesMyrtillocactus eichlamii

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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 272658.