• aziEnglish
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    3 months ago

    There’s a bunch of species of cactus (family Cactaceae) but only Rhipsalis baccifera is found in the old world. Even weirder is that it’s not just found in the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa but also Sri Lanka for some reason.

    Map of Cactus ranges. Rhipsalis baccifera is found in Sri Lanka and sub-Saharan Africa while all other species are found in the Americas