Vegetative key to the families
Vegetative Key Vegetative key to the families
LEAVES REDUCED TO SCALES ON THE AERIAL STEMS
Chlorophyll present (some root parasites with a yellowish tinge in the cladodes)
Leaf-like cladodes absent
Cladodes succulent
Cladodes bearing numerous spines Cactaceae
Leaves alternate, broad, flat and ± persistent. Flowers pedunculate Pereskia