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The word cactus comes from kaktos, which his Greek for 'thistle'. The name was chosen by Carolus Linnaeus [May 23, 1707-January 10, 1778]. Linnaeus invented and published a universal system of botanical plants names in 1753, with his 'Species Plantarum'.

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