Cactus

Cactus Cactus Family of mostly succulent plants, adapted to dry environments This article is about the plant family. For other uses, see Cactus (disambiguation). "Cacti" redirects here. For the software, see Cacti (software). For the album, see Cacti (album). A cactus (pl.: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus)[5] is a member of the plant family Cactaceae (/kækˈteɪsi.iː, -ˌaɪ/),[a] a family of the order Caryophyllales comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species.[6] The word cactus derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word κάκτος (káktos), a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain.[7] Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. They are native to the Americas, ranging from…

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