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Opuntia macrocentra, Black-spine Pricklypear

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Engelmann, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 292, 1856 [1857] Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (as O. violaceae macrocentra); Herbarium (as O. violaceae macrocentra); Herbarium (O. macrocentra minor); Herbarium (O. macrocentra minor); Herbarium (O. macrocentra minor) Original Description What is Opuntia macrocentra? Opuntia macrocentra […]

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Opuntia mackensenii, Mackensen’s Pricklypear

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Rose, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 13: 310, 1911 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (as O. roseana); Herbarium (as O. roseana); Painting; Photograph; Photograph Original Citation What is Opuntia mackensenii? Opuntia mackensenii is a prickly pear cactus found in northern Texas and adjacent areas. Many specimens have tuberous roots. It can be mistaken as

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Opuntia turbinata, Turban-fruit Pricklypear

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Small, Manual of the Southeastern Flora 1933, 910 Original Description What is Opuntia turbinata? Opuntia turbinata is a prickly pear cactus that grows in colonies in dunes along the coasts of Georgia and Florida. Details O. turbinata is an erect, much-branched plant less than 1 m tall. The cladodes are obovate, oval, or nearly circular,

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Opuntia lindheimeri subarmata, Lindheimer Few-spine Pricklypear

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(Griffiths) Elizondo & Wehbe, Cactaceas y Suculentas Mexicanas 32: 17, 1987 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting; Painting See the entry for O. lindheimeri. Original Description (Spanish) What is Opuntia lindheimeri subaramata Opuntia lindheimeri subaramata is a prickly pear cactus that was described as a stand-alone taxon (O. subaramata) by Griffiths. It is the same cactus as O.

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Opuntia leptocarpa, Slender-fruit Pricklypear

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Mackensen, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 38: 141, 1911 Holotype; Isotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXVIII, No. 1 and 2, left); Photograph Original Description What is Opuntia leptocarpa? Opuntia leptocarpa is a prickly pear cactus that grows in east-central and central Texas and areas extending from there. It

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Opuntia humifusa, Eastern Pricklypear

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(Rafinesque) Rafinesque, Flora Medica (or Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States of North America) 2: 247, 1830 Neotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (as O. calcicola); Herbarium (as Cactus humifusus); Herbarium (as Cactus opuntia) Drawing (Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 50: pl 2393, 1823 [as Cactus opuntia]); Drawing (Audubon, Birds of America [double elephant folio edition, plate

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Opuntia gilvescens, Bajada Pricklypear

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Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 87, 1909 Holotype (as O. gilvescens); Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium. Except where indicated, all specimens were originally interpreted as O. phaeacantha. O. gilvescens is related to O. camanchica O. gilvescens is related to O. phaeacantha Original Description What is

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Opuntia flavispina, Yellow-spine Pricklypear

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D.J. Ferguson, J. Shaw & N Hussey, Cactus and Succulent Journal, 97:4, 353 Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Citation What is Opuntia flavispina? Opuntia flavispina is an attractive prickly pear that has long yellow spines sweeping down from the areoles. It is medium-sized, not as tall as O. engelmannii but taller than

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Introduction We began publishing in 2006. We are a group of botanists that enjoys studying, writing about, and photographing Opuntia and related plants. We enjoy studying them in the field and growing them in our gardens. We hope you enjoy reading about them. Write to us. Our information is in the sidebar. We are always

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Opuntia orbiculata, Round-pad Pricklypear

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Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiffer, Enumeratio diagnostica cactearum hucusque cognitarum 156, 1837 Herbarium (as O. crinifera); Herbarium (seedling); Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Note: unless indicated otherwise, all herbarium specimens were submitted as O. engelmannii; Herbarium (O. dillei); Herbarium; (O. dillei); Painting Original Description What is Opuntia orbiculata? O. orbiculata is a large prickly pear cactus that

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