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Opuntia laevis fruit

Opuntia laevis, Smooth Pricklypear

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  Coulter, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 3: 419, 1896 Holotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXVIII)  Original Description What is Opuntia laevis? Opuntia laevis is a sometimes spineless prickly pear cactus that grows in various locations in southern AZ, but particularly on […]

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Opuntia toumeyi, Toumey Pricklypear

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  Rose, Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 12: 402, 1909 Holotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like); Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like); Herbarium (O. toumeyi-like) Original Description What is Opuntia toumeyi? Opuntia toumeyi is a low but prickly pear cactus with pads narrowed towards the base. The cactus may appear yellowish-green and has brownish-white or

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Opuntia blakeana

Opuntia blakeana, Blake Pricklypear

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Rose, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 12: 402, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium. Original Description What is Opuntia blakeana? A small, low, spreading prickly-pear recognized from the greater Tucson area of the Sonoran Desert. This treatment regards it as distinct based on its consistently modest habit and expression of small to medium,

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Opuntia chlorotica gosseliniana 'Tubac', garden plant

Opuntia chlorotica gosseliniana, Sonoran Purple Pricklypear

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Image (Weber) Ferguson, Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 60: 159, 1988 Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia chlorotica var. gosseliniana? O. chlorotica var. gosseliniana is one of three recognized varieties in the O. chlorotica complex, together with var. chlorotica and var. santa-rita. The varieties intergrade

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Opuntia zebrina, Zebra-spine Pricklypear

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Small, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 20: 35, 1919 Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia zebrina? Opuntia zebrina is a medium-sized prickly pear cactus of the Florida Keys. It is named “zebrina” because it has spines that are banded yellow (tan) and dark brown. Details O. zebrina grows to 1 m tall or less. Cladodes are oval

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Opuntia macrarthra

Opuntia macrarthra, Eastern Beach Pricklypear

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Gibbes, Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History of Charleston, South Carolina 1: 273, 1859 Neotype (O. macrarthra); Isoneotype (O. macrarthra); Herbarium (possible); Herbarium; (possible); Painting; Painting (Britton and Rose, The Cactaceae, v1 1919, Plate XV and Plate XXII) Original Description What is Opuntia macrarthra? Opuntia macrarthra is a small to medium-sized prickly pear cactus found on the

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Opuntia lata

Opuntia lata, Eastern Low Prickly Pear

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Small, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden 20: 26, 1919 (Also Opuntia mesacantha Raf ssp. lata [Small] Majure, Phytotaxa 290, 1: 1–65) Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium   See O. cespitosa    See O. humifusa    See O. mesacantha Original Description What is Opuntia lata? Opuntia lata is a prickly pear cactus known from central Georgia

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Opuntia gomei

Opuntia gomei, Delta Pricklypear

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Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 21: 167, 1910 Holotype; Holotype (O. laxiflora); Isotype; Isotype (O. laxiflora); Herbarium (submitted as O. lindheimeri); Herbarium (O. cyanella); Herbarium (O. gilvoalba); Photograph (O. gilvoalba); Herbarium; O. gomei (painting); O. gomei (painting, O. laxiflora) Original Description What is Opuntia gomei? Opuntia gomei is a common prickly pear near the Rio

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