Nurse Plant and Floral Biology of a Rare Night-Blooming Cereus, Peniocereus striatus (Brandegee) F. Buxbaum
Suzan H, Nabhan GP, Patten DT. 1994. Nurse Plant and Floral Biology of a Rare Night-Blooming Cereus, Peniocereus striatus (Brandegee) F. Buxbaum. Conservation Biology. 8(2):461-470
Study of a rare cactus found in the Sonoran Desert. Habitat for this rare night-blooming cereus is right along the international boundary (Mexico, southern border of Organ Pipe National Monument), and degradation is causing declining numbers. Harvesting of ironwood (and mesquite, for charcoal) on both sides of the border is reducing the availability of nurse trees on which the cactus relies. The effect of pesticides on numbers of pollinating sphingid moths also contributes to the decline. International cooperation is called for as Americans buy most of the mesquite and ironwood products from Sonora, and pesticide use is an international problem. Bibliography, 6 figures, 6 tables.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Suzan, Humberto; Nabhan, Gary; Patten, Duncan
- Units
- ORPI , SAGU
- Keywords
- Botany, Boundaries, Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera), Cacti (Cactaceae), Exotic/Invasive Plants, Habitats, nightblooming cereus (Peniocereus greggii var. greggii), Pesticides, Plants, Pollination, Sonoran night-blooming cereus