Cactophil

(1) Cactophilous [ Biology - Ecology ]
Also Cactophilic or Cactophiles

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names


	Cactophilous are animal which life cycle or ecological behaviour is strictly related to cactus.

For examples cactophilous nectar-feeding pollinators are insect or bats species specialized in foraging on cactus flower. Some cactophilous insect are extremely specialized and can be found exclusively on individual species of cacti.

(2) Cactophilous (Synonym: Xeric) [ Ecology ]
(Also Cactophilic or Cactophiles)


	A cactophiles (syn: xeric) is an organisms (plant, animal or microbe) adapted to survive in arid habitats.

Cactophiles species primarily have evolved physiological mechanism for the reduction in rates of water loss (For example by reduction of transpiration losses)

(3) Cactophil [ Horticulture ]
Plural: Cactophiles


	A cactophil is an impassioned cactus amateur with the hobby to collect, grow, sow, identify, recognize, photograph, swap, share, study cacti.

Some cactophiles specialise in growing a particular genus of cacti (for examples Mammillaria, Gymnocalycium, Astrophytum) while other concentrate their interest on a particular forms (for examples critstates, columnar, epiphytes etc.)

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