Genus Pereskia

Pereskia is a genus of about 25 tropical species and varieties of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and thin stems.

Species in the genus Pereskia of plants

 
 

Barbados shrub - Like other members of the genus Pereskia, these plants are unusual cacti with spiny non-succulent stems and large leaves.

 
 

Pereskia aureiflora - Pereskia aureiflora is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

 
 

Pereskia bahiensis - Pereskia bahiensis is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Rose cactus - Although it is a cactus by classification, it takes the form of a shrub or small tree, 2-5 meters high, with a grayish-brown trunk up to 20 cm in diameter. The areolees are rounded cushion-shaped grayish or brownish tomentum; on the twigs they are 3-7 mm diameter and up to 12 mm on the main trunk. The spines range from black to brown, the number at each areole gradually increasing with age; new twigs can have spineless areoles, while the trunk areoles may have up to 90 spines, each 2-6.5 cm long. The leaves vary in size from 9-23 cm long, entire, with shapes ranging from elliptic to ovate and obovate-lanceolate.

 
 

Pereskia stenantha - Pereskia stenantha is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.