Stenocereus alamosensis (Octopus cactus)

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Stenocereus alamosensis (J.M. Coult.) A.C. Gibson & K.E. Horak

Octopus cactus

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Rathbunia sonorensis (Runge ex Schum.) Britton & Rose
Rathbunia neosonorensis Backeb.
Rathbunia alamosensis (J.M. Coult.) Britton & Rose

5/24/2009 · Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Caryophyllidae	Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
Order	Caryophyllales	Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
Family	Cactaceae	Succulent (water-storing) plants, often spiny
Genus	Stenocereus	From Greek stenos, “narrow,” and Latin cereus, “candle”
Species	alamosensis

Stenocereus alamosensis description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.