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- Stenocereus_eruca abstract "Stenocereus eruca, commonly known as creeping devil, is a member of the family Cactaceae. It is one of the most distinctive cacti, a member of the relatively small genus Stenocereus. It is endemic to the central Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, and is found only on sandy soils, where it forms massive colonies.As with all cacti, creeping devil is succulent, and is reported to contain mescaline and sterols. Growth patterns can be widely scattered as individual stems; in favorable localities they can form impenetrable patches of branching stems measuring several metres across. The creeping devil is columnar, with a very spiny stem which is creamy green in color, averaging 5 cm in diameter and 1.5-2 m long, with only the terminal end raised from the ground. A height of 20-30 cm is normal since this cactus is recumbent (it grows in a horizontal manner). The large, nocturnal flowers are white, pink, or yellow; usually 10-14 cm long with a spiny ovary, and flowering sparingly in response to rain. The spiny fruit is 3-4 cm long with black seeds.Creeping devil lies on the ground and grows at one end while the other end slowly dies, with a succession of new roots developing on the underside of the stem. The growth rate is adapted to the moderate, moist marine environment of the Baja peninsula, and can achieve in excess of 60 cm per year, but when transplanted to a hot, arid environment the cacti can grow as little as 60 cm per decade. Over the course of many years, the entire cactus will slowly travel, with stems branching and taking root toward the growing tips, while older stem portions die and disintegrate. This traveling chain of growth gives rise to the name eruca, which means \"caterpillar\" as well as the common name creeping devil.Stenocereus eruca is considered the \"most extreme case of clonal propagation in the cactus family\" (Gibson and Nobel, 1986). This means that due to isolation and scarcity of pollinating creatures, the plant is able to clone itself. This is done by pieces detaching from the major shoot as their bases die and rot. Other members of this genus that are found in the Baja Peninsula of California are Stenocereus thurberi (organpipe cactus, pitaya dulce) and Stenocereus gummosus (sour pitaya, pitaya agria, pitayha). While once thought to be threatened with extinction, further evidence showed it not to be so. Transplantation, while not recommended due to environmentally specific factors, can be done successfully with strict adherence to maintaining conditions which mirror the native environment.".
- Stenocereus_eruca class Eudicots.
- Stenocereus_eruca division Flowering_plant.
- Stenocereus_eruca family Cactus.
- Stenocereus_eruca genus Stenocereus.
- Stenocereus_eruca kingdom Plant.
- Stenocereus_eruca order Caryophyllales.
- Stenocereus_eruca order Eudicots.
- Stenocereus_eruca synonym "Cereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca synonym "Lemaireocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca synonym "Machaerocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca thumbnail Stenocereus_eruca,_Creeping_Devils_at_Huntington.jpg?width=300.
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- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Baja_California_Sur.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Cactus.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Caryophyllales.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Category:Flora_of_Baja_California_Sur.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Category:Stenocereus.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Cloning.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Endemism.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Eudicots.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Flower.
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- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Fruit.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Mescaline.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Ocean.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Plant.
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- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Stenocereus_gummosus.
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- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink Sterol.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLink File:Stenocereus_Creeping_Devils_at_Huntington_Library.jpg.
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLinkText "Stenocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageWikiLinkText "creeping devil".
- Stenocereus_eruca binomial "Stenocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca binomialAuthority "Gibson & Horak".
- Stenocereus_eruca familia Cactus.
- Stenocereus_eruca genus "Stenocereus".
- Stenocereus_eruca ordo Caryophyllales.
- Stenocereus_eruca regnum "Plantae".
- Stenocereus_eruca species "S. eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca synonyms "Cereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca synonyms "Lemaireocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca synonyms "Machaerocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca unrankedClassis Eudicots.
- Stenocereus_eruca unrankedDivisio Flowering_plant.
- Stenocereus_eruca unrankedOrdo Eudicots.
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- Stenocereus_eruca wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Stenocereus_eruca subject Category:Flora_of_Baja_California_Sur.
- Stenocereus_eruca subject Category:Stenocereus.
- Stenocereus_eruca hypernym Member.
- Stenocereus_eruca type Eukaryote.
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- Stenocereus_eruca type Plant.
- Stenocereus_eruca type Species.
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- Stenocereus_eruca type Q19088.
- Stenocereus_eruca type Q756.
- Stenocereus_eruca comment "Stenocereus eruca, commonly known as creeping devil, is a member of the family Cactaceae. It is one of the most distinctive cacti, a member of the relatively small genus Stenocereus. It is endemic to the central Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, and is found only on sandy soils, where it forms massive colonies.As with all cacti, creeping devil is succulent, and is reported to contain mescaline and sterols.".
- Stenocereus_eruca label "Stenocereus eruca".
- Stenocereus_eruca sameAs Q141429.
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- Stenocereus_eruca sameAs m.06wwkg.
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- Stenocereus_eruca sameAs Q141429.
- Stenocereus_eruca wasDerivedFrom Stenocereus_eruca?oldid=693534217.
- Stenocereus_eruca depiction Stenocereus_eruca,_Creeping_Devils_at_Huntington.jpg.
- Stenocereus_eruca isPrimaryTopicOf Stenocereus_eruca.