Chain-link Cactus
name: label: Discipline
content: Botany
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a branch from a chain-link cactus. This specimen's branch demonstrates the open lattice formed by the chain-link cactus' vascular system. It is light brown with thin, vertical openings spaced regularly across the length of the specimen. This branch measures approximately 40 cm x 19 cm. This specimen description was written remotely based on images as part of Amber Kreiensieck's internship in Fall 2021.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Dec 2023
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Cylindropuntia
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400529-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Caryophyllanae, Caryophyllales, Cactaceae, Opuntioideae