Pfeiffera monacantha | |
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Growing epiphytically in Calilegua National Park, Argentina | |
Close-up of flower | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Pfeiffera |
Species: | P. monacantha
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Binomial name | |
Pfeiffera monacantha | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Pfeiffera monacantha (syn. Rhipsalis monacantha), the one‑spined wickerware cactus, is a species of epiphytic cactus, native to Bolivia and northwest Argentina.[2] As its synonym Rhipsalis monacantha it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]