Description: Reclus16_48 1892 Reclus print CACTUS AND YUCCA, ARIZONA (#48) Nice view titled Paysage de l'Arizona - Cactus cierges et yuccas, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, overall size approx. 26.5 x 18.5 cm, image size approx. 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Click here or image for larger version cactus plural cacti or cactuses flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales. Botanists estimate that there are more than 2,000 species, grouped into about 175 genera, but there is much argument about the limits of both genera and species. Cacti are native through most of the length of North and South America, from British Columbia and Alberta southward; the southernmost limit of their range extends far into Chile and Argentina. Mexico has the greatest number and variety of species. The only cacti possibly native to the Old World are members of the tropical genus Rhipsalis, occurring in East Africa, Madagascar, and Sri Lanka. Cacti are succulent perennial plants. Although a few species inhabit tropical or subtropical areas, most live in and are well adapted to dry regions. Cacti generally have thick herbaceous or woody chlorophyll-containing stems. In most species leaves are either absent or greatly reduced, minimizing the amount of surface area from which water can be lost, and the stem has taken over the photosynthetic functions of the plant. Only the tropical genera Pereskia and Pereskopsis, both vines, have conventional-looking functional leaves, while the leaves of the Andean Maihuenia are rounded, not flattened. The root systems are generally thin, fibrous, and shallow, ranging widely to absorb superficial moisture. yucca (genus Yucca), any of about 40 species of succulent plants of the family Agavaceae, native to southern North America. Most species of yucca are stemless, with a rosette of stiff, sword-shaped leaves at the base and clusters of waxy white flowers. The Joshua tree (Y. brevifolia) has a stem more than 10 m (33 feet) high. Spanish bayonet (Y. aloifolia), Spanish dagger (Y. gloriosa), and Adam's needle, or bear grass (Y. filamentosa), are commonly cultivated as ornamentals for their unusual appearance and attractive flower clusters.
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Print Type: Engraving
Subject: Landscape
Style: Realism
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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