- Pereskia, genus Pereskia, Peireskia, genus Peireskia - genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
--1 is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus
--1 is a member of Cactaceae, family Cactaceae, cactus family
--1 has members: Barbados gooseberry, Barbados-gooseberry vine, Pereskia aculeata