Cactus (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cactus" in English language version.

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Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016), "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase", Phytotaxa, 261 (3): 201–17, Bibcode:2016Phytx.261..201C, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1, archived from the original on 2016-07-29
Edwards, E.J. & Donoghue, M.J. (2006), "Pereskia and the origin of the cactus life-form" (PDF), The American Naturalist, 167 (6): 777–793, Bibcode:2006ANat..167..777E, doi:10.1086/504605, PMID 16649155, S2CID 832909, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13, retrieved 2012-02-08
Sharkey, Thomas (1988), "Estimating the rate of photorespiration in leaves", Physiologia Plantarum, 73 (1): 147–152, Bibcode:1988PPlan..73..147S, doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb09205.x
Keeley, Jon E. & Rundel, Philip W. (2003), "Evolution of CAM and C4 Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms" (PDF), International Journal of Plant Sciences, 164 (S3): S55, Bibcode:2003IJPlS.164S..55K, doi:10.1086/374192, S2CID 85186850, archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-04-27, retrieved 2012-02-19
Arakaki, Mónica; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Nyffeler, Reto; Lendel, Anita; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, R. Matthew; Spriggs, Elizabeth; Moore, Michael J. & Edwards, Erika J. (2011-05-17), "Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (20): 8379–8384, Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.8379A, doi:10.1073/pnas.1100628108, PMC 3100969, PMID 21536881
Goebel, Ted; Waters, Michael R. & O'Rourke, Dennis H. (2008), "The Late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas" (PDF), Science, 319 (5869): 1497–1502, Bibcode:2008Sci...319.1497G, doi:10.1126/science.1153569, PMID 18339930, S2CID 36149744, archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-22

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Harlow, Nora & Coate, Barrie D. (2004), Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates, Oakland, California: East Bay Municipal Utility District, ISBN 978-0-9753231-0-6

biotaxa.org (Global: 3,114^th place; English: 2,333^rd place)

Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016), "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase", Phytotaxa, 261 (3): 201–17, Bibcode:2016Phytx.261..201C, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1, archived from the original on 2016-07-29

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Stockdale, Adrian (2019-03-04), Plant Names Simplified 3rd Edition: Their Pronunciation, Derivation and Meaning, 5m Books Ltd, ISBN 978-1-912178-81-0

botanicus.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Linnaeus, Carolus (1753), Species Plantarum, Tomus I, Stockholm: Impensis Laurentii Salvii, retrieved 2012-03-08, p. 466–470. Modern genus names taken from synonyms in the index of Anderson 2001. Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5

cites.org (Global: 2,826^th place; English: 2,236^th place)

The CITES Appendices, CITES, archived from the original on 2012-04-14, retrieved 2012-04-16
Appendices I, II and III, CITES, archived from the original on 2012-10-09, retrieved 2012-04-16; see "Cactaceae" and linked footnotes

collinsdictionary.com (Global: 1,831^st place; English: 1,216^th place)

"pitahaya", Collins English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, archived from the original on 2012-06-10, retrieved 2012-03-13

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Biology of Cacti, Dalhousie University, archived from the original on 2012-02-20, retrieved 2012-02-13

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Recommended Plant List for Desert Landscapes (PDF), Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, Arizona), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-03, retrieved 2012-03-21

desertsun.com (Global: 5,412^th place; English: 2,902^nd place)

Gilmer, Maureen, "Turn extra cactus into a living fence", The Desert Sun, retrieved 2025-01-31

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, hdl:10654/18083
Org, Registry-Migration.Gbif (Feb 14, 2017), "Cactaceae", gbif.org (Data Set), GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi:10.15468/39omei, archived from the original on February 19, 2017, retrieved April 16, 2017
Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016), "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase", Phytotaxa, 261 (3): 201–17, Bibcode:2016Phytx.261..201C, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1, archived from the original on 2016-07-29
Edwards, E.J. & Donoghue, M.J. (2006), "Pereskia and the origin of the cactus life-form" (PDF), The American Naturalist, 167 (6): 777–793, Bibcode:2006ANat..167..777E, doi:10.1086/504605, PMID 16649155, S2CID 832909, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13, retrieved 2012-02-08
Mauseth, James D. (2007), "Tiny but complex foliage leaves cccur in many 'leafless' cacti (Cactaceae)", International Journal of Plant Sciences, 168 (6): 845–853, doi:10.1086/518273, S2CID 84247762, p. 845
Raven, J.A. & Edwards, D. (2001), "Roots: evolutionary origins and biogeochemical significance", Journal of Experimental Botany, 52 (90001): 381–401, doi:10.1093/jexbot/52.suppl_1.381, PMID 11326045
Sharkey, Thomas (1988), "Estimating the rate of photorespiration in leaves", Physiologia Plantarum, 73 (1): 147–152, Bibcode:1988PPlan..73..147S, doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1988.tb09205.x
Keeley, Jon E. & Rundel, Philip W. (2003), "Evolution of CAM and C4 Carbon-Concentrating Mechanisms" (PDF), International Journal of Plant Sciences, 164 (S3): S55, Bibcode:2003IJPlS.164S..55K, doi:10.1086/374192, S2CID 85186850, archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-04-27, retrieved 2012-02-19
Sonnante, G.; Pignone, D. & Hammer, K (2007), "The Domestication of Artichoke and Cardoon: From Roman Times to the Genomic Age", Annals of Botany, 100 (5): 1095–1100, doi:10.1093/aob/mcm127, PMC 2759203, PMID 17611191
Bárcenas, Rolando T.; Yesson, Chris & Hawkins, Julie A. (2011), "Molecular systematics of the Cactaceae", Cladistics, 27 (5): 470–489, doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00350.x, PMID 34875796, S2CID 83525136
Edwards, Erika J.; Nyffeler, Reto & Donoghue, Michael J. (2005), "Basal cactus phylogeny: implications of Pereskia (Cactaceae) paraphyly for the transition to the cactus life form", American Journal of Botany, 92 (7): 1177–1188, doi:10.3732/ajb.92.7.1177, PMID 21646140
Arakaki, Mónica; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Nyffeler, Reto; Lendel, Anita; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, R. Matthew; Spriggs, Elizabeth; Moore, Michael J. & Edwards, Erika J. (2011-05-17), "Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (20): 8379–8384, Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.8379A, doi:10.1073/pnas.1100628108, PMC 3100969, PMID 21536881
Nyffeler, Reto (2002), "Phylogenetic relationships in the cactus family (Cactaceae) based on evidence from trnK/ matK and trnL-trnF sequences", American Journal of Botany, 89 (2): 312–326, doi:10.3732/ajb.89.2.312, PMID 21669740
Al-Robai, Sami Asir; Howladar, Saad Mohammed; Mohamed, Haidar Abdalgadir; Ahmed, Abdelazim Ali (2018), "Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb, (Cactaceae): a new generic alien record in the flora of Saudi Arabia", Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 11 (2): 320–323, doi:10.1016/j.japb.2018.04.001, ISSN 2287-884X, S2CID 89705346
El-Hawagry, Magdi S.; Dhafer, Hathal M. Al (2014-10-10), "Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia", Zootaxa, 3872 (4), Magnolia Press: 387–392, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.6, ISSN 1175-5334, PMID 25544092, S2CID 29010023
Hartmann, Stefanie; Nason, John D. & Bhattacharya, Debashish (2002), "Phylogenetic Origins of Lophocereus (Cactaceae) and the Senita Cactus–senita Moth Pollination Mutualism", American Journal of Botany, 89 (7): 1085–1092, doi:10.3732/ajb.89.7.1085, PMID 21665708
Fenster, Charles B.; Armbruster, W. Scott; Wilson, Paul; Dudash, Michele R. & Thomson, James D. (2004), "Pollination Syndromes and Floral Specialization", Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 35: 375–403, doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132347, JSTOR 30034121
Fleming, Theodore H; Geiselman, Cullen & Kress, W. John (2009), "The Evolution of Bat Pollination: A Phylogenetic Perspective", Annals of Botany, 104 (6): 1017–1043, doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197, PMC 2766192, PMID 19789175
Goebel, Ted; Waters, Michael R. & O'Rourke, Dennis H. (2008), "The Late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas" (PDF), Science, 319 (5869): 1497–1502, Bibcode:2008Sci...319.1497G, doi:10.1126/science.1153569, PMID 18339930, S2CID 36149744, archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-22
Aveni, A. F.; Calnek, E. E. & Hartung, H. (1988), "Myth, Environment, and the Orientation of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan", American Antiquity, 53 (2): 287–309, doi:10.2307/281020, JSTOR 281020, S2CID 162323851
Griffith, M. Patrick (2004), "The origins of an important cactus crop, Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae): new molecular evidence", American Journal of Botany, 91 (11): 1915–1921, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1915, PMID 21652337, S2CID 10454390
Seedi, H.R.; De Smet, P.A.; Beck, O.; Possnert, G. & Bruhn, J.G. (2005), "Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 101 (1–3): 238–242, doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.022, PMID 15990261
Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2006), "Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture", Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2 (1): 47–64, doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-47, PMC 1637095, PMID 17090303
Shetty, Anoop; Rana, M. & Preetham, S. (2011), "Cactus: a medicinal food", Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (5): 530–536, doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5, PMC 3550841, PMID 24082263
Izaguirre-Mayoral, Maria Luisa; Marys, Edgloris; Olivares, Elizabeth & Oropeza, Tamara (1995), "Effect of seasonal drought and cactus X virus infection on the crassulacean acid metabolism of Agave sisalana plants growing in a neotropical savanna", Journal of Experimental Botany, 46 (6): 639–646, doi:10.1093/jxb/46.6.639

efloras.org (Global: 442^nd place; English: 566^th place)

Zimmerman, Allan D. & Parfitt, Bruce D., "Lophophora williamsii", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America, archived from the original on 2012-03-11, retrieved 2012-03-16

gbif.org (Global: 218^th place; English: 353^rd place)

Org, Registry-Migration.Gbif (Feb 14, 2017), "Cactaceae", gbif.org (Data Set), GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi:10.15468/39omei, archived from the original on February 19, 2017, retrieved April 16, 2017

go-oaxaca.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Cultivation of Cochineal in Oaxaca", Go-Oaxaca Newsletter, archived from the original on 2008-06-08, retrieved 2012-03-21

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Falkenthal, Gayle Lynn (2017-09-14), "Living Walls and Fences Are A Natural Choice", Good Earth Plants, retrieved 2025-01-31

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Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, hdl:10654/18083
Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled; Al-Farsi, Safaa Mohammed; Wawi, Hayel Al; Al-Yafei, Hadi Abdullah Shaif; Al-Sharari, M.; Al-Hamoudi, Ahmed Mohamed; Louhaichi, Mounir (March 26–30, 2017), Spineless cactus in the Arabian Peninsula: adaptive behaviors and production performances, IX International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal – "CAM crops for a hotter and drier world", Coquimbo, Chile: CGIAR, hdl:20.500.11766/9182, S2CID 199636444

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Asai, Issaku & Miyata, Kazunori (2016), "An Emendation of Rhodocactus, a Genus Segregated from Pereskia (Cactaceae)" (PDF), Journal of Japanese Botany, 91: 7–12, archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-09, retrieved 2021-04-25

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Fenster, Charles B.; Armbruster, W. Scott; Wilson, Paul; Dudash, Michele R. & Thomson, James D. (2004), "Pollination Syndromes and Floral Specialization", Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 35: 375–403, doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.011802.132347, JSTOR 30034121
Aveni, A. F.; Calnek, E. E. & Hartung, H. (1988), "Myth, Environment, and the Orientation of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan", American Antiquity, 53 (2): 287–309, doi:10.2307/281020, JSTOR 281020, S2CID 162323851

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"Mammillaria Haw". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2026-03-06.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Windstorm Fells 78-Foot Cactus—Tallest in World, August 1986, archived from the original on 2015-10-29, retrieved 2015-08-04

mac.com (Global: 8,506^th place; English: 6,277^th place)

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Edwards, E.J. & Donoghue, M.J. (2006), "Pereskia and the origin of the cactus life-form" (PDF), The American Naturalist, 167 (6): 777–793, Bibcode:2006ANat..167..777E, doi:10.1086/504605, PMID 16649155, S2CID 832909, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13, retrieved 2012-02-08

merriam-webster.com (Global: 425^th place; English: 373^rd place)

"cactus", Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, archived from the original on 2012-02-02, retrieved 2012-02-13

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Edwards, E.J. & Donoghue, M.J. (2006), "Pereskia and the origin of the cactus life-form" (PDF), The American Naturalist, 167 (6): 777–793, Bibcode:2006ANat..167..777E, doi:10.1086/504605, PMID 16649155, S2CID 832909, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13, retrieved 2012-02-08
Raven, J.A. & Edwards, D. (2001), "Roots: evolutionary origins and biogeochemical significance", Journal of Experimental Botany, 52 (90001): 381–401, doi:10.1093/jexbot/52.suppl_1.381, PMID 11326045
Sonnante, G.; Pignone, D. & Hammer, K (2007), "The Domestication of Artichoke and Cardoon: From Roman Times to the Genomic Age", Annals of Botany, 100 (5): 1095–1100, doi:10.1093/aob/mcm127, PMC 2759203, PMID 17611191
Bárcenas, Rolando T.; Yesson, Chris & Hawkins, Julie A. (2011), "Molecular systematics of the Cactaceae", Cladistics, 27 (5): 470–489, doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00350.x, PMID 34875796, S2CID 83525136
Edwards, Erika J.; Nyffeler, Reto & Donoghue, Michael J. (2005), "Basal cactus phylogeny: implications of Pereskia (Cactaceae) paraphyly for the transition to the cactus life form", American Journal of Botany, 92 (7): 1177–1188, doi:10.3732/ajb.92.7.1177, PMID 21646140
Arakaki, Mónica; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Nyffeler, Reto; Lendel, Anita; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, R. Matthew; Spriggs, Elizabeth; Moore, Michael J. & Edwards, Erika J. (2011-05-17), "Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (20): 8379–8384, Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.8379A, doi:10.1073/pnas.1100628108, PMC 3100969, PMID 21536881
Nyffeler, Reto (2002), "Phylogenetic relationships in the cactus family (Cactaceae) based on evidence from trnK/ matK and trnL-trnF sequences", American Journal of Botany, 89 (2): 312–326, doi:10.3732/ajb.89.2.312, PMID 21669740
El-Hawagry, Magdi S.; Dhafer, Hathal M. Al (2014-10-10), "Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia", Zootaxa, 3872 (4), Magnolia Press: 387–392, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.6, ISSN 1175-5334, PMID 25544092, S2CID 29010023
Hartmann, Stefanie; Nason, John D. & Bhattacharya, Debashish (2002), "Phylogenetic Origins of Lophocereus (Cactaceae) and the Senita Cactus–senita Moth Pollination Mutualism", American Journal of Botany, 89 (7): 1085–1092, doi:10.3732/ajb.89.7.1085, PMID 21665708
Fleming, Theodore H; Geiselman, Cullen & Kress, W. John (2009), "The Evolution of Bat Pollination: A Phylogenetic Perspective", Annals of Botany, 104 (6): 1017–1043, doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197, PMC 2766192, PMID 19789175
Goebel, Ted; Waters, Michael R. & O'Rourke, Dennis H. (2008), "The Late Pleistocene dispersal of modern humans in the Americas" (PDF), Science, 319 (5869): 1497–1502, Bibcode:2008Sci...319.1497G, doi:10.1126/science.1153569, PMID 18339930, S2CID 36149744, archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-22
Griffith, M. Patrick (2004), "The origins of an important cactus crop, Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae): new molecular evidence", American Journal of Botany, 91 (11): 1915–1921, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.11.1915, PMID 21652337, S2CID 10454390
Seedi, H.R.; De Smet, P.A.; Beck, O.; Possnert, G. & Bruhn, J.G. (2005), "Prehistoric peyote use: alkaloid analysis and radiocarbon dating of archaeological specimens of Lophophora from Texas", Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 101 (1–3): 238–242, doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.04.022, PMID 15990261
Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2006), "Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture", Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2 (1): 47–64, doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-47, PMC 1637095, PMID 17090303
Shetty, Anoop; Rana, M. & Preetham, S. (2011), "Cactus: a medicinal food", Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (5): 530–536, doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5, PMC 3550841, PMID 24082263

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Sonnante, G.; Pignone, D. & Hammer, K (2007), "The Domestication of Artichoke and Cardoon: From Roman Times to the Genomic Age", Annals of Botany, 100 (5): 1095–1100, doi:10.1093/aob/mcm127, PMC 2759203, PMID 17611191
Arakaki, Mónica; Christin, Pascal-Antoine; Nyffeler, Reto; Lendel, Anita; Eggli, Urs; Ogburn, R. Matthew; Spriggs, Elizabeth; Moore, Michael J. & Edwards, Erika J. (2011-05-17), "Contemporaneous and recent radiations of the world's major succulent plant lineages", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108 (20): 8379–8384, Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.8379A, doi:10.1073/pnas.1100628108, PMC 3100969, PMID 21536881
Fleming, Theodore H; Geiselman, Cullen & Kress, W. John (2009), "The Evolution of Bat Pollination: A Phylogenetic Perspective", Annals of Botany, 104 (6): 1017–1043, doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197, PMC 2766192, PMID 19789175
Bussmann, R.W. & Sharon, D. (2006), "Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture", Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2 (1): 47–64, doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-47, PMC 1637095, PMID 17090303
Shetty, Anoop; Rana, M. & Preetham, S. (2011), "Cactus: a medicinal food", Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (5): 530–536, doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5, PMC 3550841, PMID 24082263

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