Cactaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Borzicactus sepium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Borzicactus sepium is a spiny, prostrate to ascending columnar cactus producing a stem up to 150cm tall and 4cm thick. The stem is unbranched, or with a few branches produced basally[ 529 Title The Cactaceae Publication Author Britton N.L. & Rose J.N. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Carnegie Institution of Washington; Washington. Year 1920 ISBN Description An immense work in 4 volumes. Many of the botanical names are out of date, of course, but the book contains a wealth of information about the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1989 Title Taxonomic revision of the Opuntia humifusa complex (Opuntieae: Cactaceae) of the eastern United States Publication Phytotaxa 290 (1): 001-065 Author Majure L.C., Judd W.S., Soltis P.S. & Soltis D.E. Website https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.290.1.1 Publisher Year 2017 ISBN 1179-3155 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is sometimes grown as a living fence to mark out barriers. Borzicactus sepium is widely distributed, locally abundant, occurs in protected areas, and there are no major threats affecting it. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2017)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - Ecuador, Colombia.

HabitatDry hills and valleys; at elevations from 1,500 - 3,500 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 529 Title The Cactaceae Publication Author Britton N.L. & Rose J.N. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Carnegie Institution of Washington; Washington. Year 1920 ISBN Description An immense work in 4 volumes. Many of the botanical names are out of date, of course, but the book contains a wealth of information about the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].