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Preston-Mafham, Ken.

500 cacti : species and varieties in cultivation / Ken Preston-Mafham.

Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, ©2007.

528 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm

Showcasing one species per page, 500 Cacti provides an attractive visual checklist of 500 cacti that have been carefully chosen for their accessibility to the cactus grower and as representative of cactus types. It is an indispensable reference of the most popular and most beautiful cacti in the world, presented alphabetically by genus and species, from Acanthocalycium to Weingartia.

Cactus.

Cactus -- Identification.

Cactus -- Pictorial works.

Five hundred cacti

Includes bibliographical references (page 518) and index.

Acanthocalycium -- Ancistrocactus -- Aporocactus -- Ariocarpus -- Armatocereus -- Arrojadoa -- Astrophytum -- Austrocylindropuntia -- Bolivicereus -- Browningia -- Cephalocereus -- Cereus -- Cintia -- Cleistocactus -- Cochemiea -- Copiapoa -- Corryocactus -- Coryphantha -- Cumulopuntia -- Cylindropuntia -- Denmoza -- Disocactus -- Echinocactus -- Echinocereus -- Echinopsis -- Epiphyllum -- Epithelantha -- Eriosyce -- Escobaria -- Espostoa -- Espostoopsis -- Eulychnia -- Ferocactus -- Frailea -- Glandulicactus -- Gymnocalycium -- Haageocereus -- Harrisia -- Hatiora -- Hildewintera -- Lepismium -- Leuchtenbergia -- Lobivia -- Lophophora -- Loxanthocereus -- Maihuenia -- Maihueniopsis -- Mannillaria -- Matucana -- Melocactus -- Micranthocereus -- Mila -- Mytillocactus -- Neolloydia -- Neoporteria -- Neoraimondia -- Neowerdermannia -- Notocactus -- Obregonia -- Opuntia -- Oreocereus -- Oroya -- Pachycereus -- Parodia -- Pediocactus -- Pelecyphora -- Peniocereus -- Pereskia -- Pilosocereus -- Pterocactus -- Puna -- Pygmaeocereus -- Pyrrhocactus -- Quiabentia -- Rebutaa -- Rhipsalidopsis -- Rhipsalis -- Schlumbergera -- Sclerocactus -- Stenocactus -- Stenocereus -- Stephanocereus -- Stetsonia -- Stombocactus -- Sulcorebutia -- Tacinga -- Tephocactus -- Thelocactus -- Trichocereus -- Tunilla -- Turbinicarpus -- Uebelmannia -- Weberbauerocereus -- Weingartia.

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2007298937

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9781554072613

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