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Cactus
A cactus (plural: cacti) is any member of the plant family Cactaceae, native
to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are
also crop plants. Cacti are grown for protection of property from wild animals,
as well as many other uses.

Cacti are part of the plant order Caryophyllales, which also include members
like beets, gypsophila, spinach, amaranth, tumbleweeds, carnations,
rhubarb, buckwheat, plumbago, bougainvillea, chickweed and knotgrass.
Cacti are unusual and distinctive plants, which are adapted to extremely arid
and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological
features which conserve water. Their stems have adapted to become
photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have become the spines for
which cacti are well known.

Cacti come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The tallest is Pachycereus
pringlei, with a maximum recorded height of 19.2 m, and the smallest is
Blossfeldia liliputiana, only about 1 cm in diameter at maturity. Cactus
flowers are large, and like the spines and branches arise from areoles. Many
cactus species are night blooming, as they are pollinated by nocturnal
insects or small animals, principally moths and bats. Cacti range in size from
small and globular to tall and columnar.

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