Myrtillocactus

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Myrtillocactus - small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America

genus Myrtillocactus

caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

Cactaceae, cactus family, family Cactaceae - constituting the order Opuntiales

garambulla, garambulla cactus, Myrtillocactus geometrizans - arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit

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Insect growth regulatory effects of some extracts and sterols from Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Cactaceae) against Spodoptera frugiperda and Tenebrio molitor.

Perfil lipidico y ensayos de las actividades antioxidante, insecticida y antialimentaria de la esponja marina Iotrochota birotulata (Iotrochotidae: Demospongiae)

La vegetacion circundante corresponde a un matorral crasicaule con dominancia de Isolatocereus durmortieri, Myrtillocactus geometrizans y Cephalocereus senilis.

REGISTRO RECIENTE DE LA MARTUCHA (POTOS FLAVUS) PARA LA RESERVA DE LA BIOSFERA BARRANCA DE METZTITLAN Y EL ESTADO DE HIDALGO, MEXICO

(Euphorbiaceae), Myrtillocactus geometrizans Console (Cactaceae), Agave kerchovei Lem.

Insect visitors to the annual plant community in a xeric environment in Central Mexico

La cactacea columnar Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart.

Caracteres anatomicos y fitoquimicos del tallo y raiz de Mammillaria uncinata (Cactaceae)/Anatomic and phytochemical characters of the stem and root of Mammillaria uncinata (Cactaceae)

Similar observations were reported by Kuti [10] in berry cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans) fruits.

Nutritional quality, phytochemical composition and health protective effects of an under-utilized prickly cactus fruit (Opuntia stricta Haw.) collected from Kenya

Nutrients in the soil are important for germination of some species (i.e., biological soil crusts) that have higher nutrients than soils without them, and have a positive effect on the seed germination of the cactus Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Rivera-Aguilar et al., 2005).

Effect of seed burial in different soils on the germination of three specially protected cactus species

For example, the composition, phytochemicals, and nutritious elements have been analyzed in Opuntia (Joubert, 1993; Dominguez-Lopez, 1996; Saenz, 1997; Saenz et al., 1998; Butera et al., 2002; Duru and Turker, 2005; Stintzing et al., 2005), Hylocereus (Wybraniec and Mizrahi, 2002), and Myrtillocactus (Barrera et al., 1998).

Fruits, seeds and germination in five species of globose Cacteae (Cactaceae)/ Frutos, semillas y germinacion de cinco especies de Cacteae globosas (Cactaceae)/ Frutos, sementes e germinacao de cinco especies de Cacteae globosas (Cactaceae)

(2004) give the cacti comprising this vegetation as Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Opuntia leucotricha, O.

Habitat association of Orthoptera in El Cimatario National Park, Queretaro, Mexico

The boy started telling us about how important bats are to maintaining the surrounding forest by pollinating the flowers of the ceiba trees, morning glory trees, agaves, and many other species, and dispersing the seeds of some soft-fleshed fruits, including those of the garambullo columnar cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans).