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- adjective
Pringle (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Pringle's ..."
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dominating the vegetation are large stem-succulents, particularly the massive cardón (Pachycereus pringlei, a giant relative of the saguaro), and trees such as palo verde, tree ocotillo (Fouquieria diguetii and F. macdougalii), ironwood, elephant tree (Bursera spp.), and limberbush (Jatropha spp.); the trees are leafless most of the time.
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The meridional portion is abundant in Yucca and Opuntia, and the southernmost portion is inhabited by Mexican fire-barrel cactus (Ferocactus pringlei) and Arizona rainbow cactus (Echinocereus polyacanthus).
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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The vegetation of Isla San Pedro Mártir is Sonoran with only 27 species, dominated by an open forest of a columnar cactus, cardon Pachycerus pringlei which can reach 25 m high.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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In the states of San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas, the most common associations contain lechuguilla (Agave lechuguilla), Agave falcata, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua trifida, Dalea nana, Dasylirion cedrosanum, Ferocactus pringlei, Fouquieria splendens and Opuntia imbricata, and many others.
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Characteristic Sonoran species on the islands are the palo verde Cercidium spp., elephant tree Bursera microphylla, desert ironwood Olneya tesota, limberbush Jatropha spp., ocatillo Fouquieria diguetti, white bursage Ambrosia spp. and cacti such as the columnar cardon Pachycerus pringlei, viejito Mammillaria capensis, cholla Opuntia cholla and prickly pears Opuntia spp.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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Pine trees that are dominant in pine forests are P. herrerai, P. pseudostrobus, P. pringlei, and P. ayacahuite.
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At low elevations (below 2,000 m) P. oocarpa and P. michoacana are more common and are sometimes interspersed with P. herrerae, P. pringlei, and P. leiophylla, along with some individuals of Quercus.
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Recorded and measured by Marc Salak and Jeff Brown in April 1995, it is a cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) which towers a mind-boggling 19.2 meters (63 feet) above the desert floor - higher than most two story buildings!
Did You Know? Mexico in the Guinness world records: part two 2001
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Recorded and measured by Marc Salak and Jeff Brown in April 1995, it is a cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) which towers a mind-boggling 19.2 meters (63 feet) above the desert floor - higher than most two story buildings!
Did You Know? Mexico in the Guinness world records: part two 2001
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Recorded and measured by Marc Salak and Jeff Brown in April 1995, it is a cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei) which towers a mind-boggling 19.2 meters (63 feet) above the desert floor - higher than most two story buildings!
Did You Know? Mexico in the Guinness world records: part two 2001
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