{"id":5473,"date":"2012-03-04T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opuntiads.com?page_id=5473"},"modified":"2020-02-15T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T21:38:04","slug":"cylindropuntia-imbricata-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/cylindropuntia-imbricata-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cylindropuntia imbricata"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Haworth) De Candolle. 1828. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 471.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a> (submitted as G. vexans<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a>; Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. imbricata <\/em>\u00d7 G. leptocaulis<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. imbricata<\/em> \u00d7 G. kleiniae<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. imbricata argentea<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. imbricata argentea<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. \u00d7viridiflora<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. \u00d7viridiflora<\/em>); Herbarium specimen<\/a> (G. \u00d7viridifolora<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Original description<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Flora of North America treatment<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

What is Cylindropuntia imbricata?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cylindropuntia imbricata<\/em> is a large cholla that is frequently encountered across a variety of habitats from Colorado south through eastern Arizona, most of New Mexico, and west Texas, south through much of central Mexico to Hidalgo.<\/p>\n

Details<\/h4>\n

G. imbricata<\/em> (per the Flora of North America) is spreading into Oklahoma and Kansas, likely as the result of cattle ranching. It is a short-trunked tree or large shrub with widely spreading branches reaching up to 3 m tall, with reports of some individuals to 5 m tall. Stems are firmly attached and 10 to 40 cm long by 1.5 to 4 cm wide. Tubercles are very prominent. The areoles average 8 to 15 tan to red or brown spines which generally do not obscure the stem. Spine sheaths are usually off-white to tan and yellow-tipped. The flowers are dark pink to red-magenta with filaments and styles which are green at the base and pink at the tip. Stigmas are cream to green. The fruits are yellow, fleshy, and spineless. G. imbricata<\/em> is diploid (2n = 22).<\/p>\n

The Flora of North America currently recognizes one variety of G. imbricata:<\/em> G. imbricata <\/em>var. argentea<\/em>. This variety is endemic to a narrow region of the Big Bend region of Texas and is a dense shrub to 1.2 m tall with silver spines and sheaths and close-set tubercles.  Naturally occurring hybrids between G. imbricata<\/em> and G. whipplei<\/em> (G. <\/em>\u00d7viridiflora — <\/em>sometimes called the “Santa Fe cholla”) are known from several locations. G. imbricata<\/em> also hybridizes with G. spinosior<\/em> where the ranges of those species come together.<\/p>\n

G. imbricata<\/em> is a dominant plant in some parts of its range, and it is particularly abundant in the Albuquerque, New Mexico region. Britton and Rose, writing about G. lloydii<\/em>, a synonym of G. imbricata<\/em>, reported that the species is known as tasajo macho<\/em> in Mexico.  G. imbricata<\/em> is a cold-hardy and wet-tolerant cactus often employed in cactus gardens in cold or humid climates.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Haworth) De Candolle. 1828. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 3: 471. Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen (submitted as G. vexans); Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen; Herbarium specimen (G. imbricata \u00d7 G. leptocaulis); Herbarium specimen (G. imbricata \u00d7 G. kleiniae); Herbarium specimen (G. imbricata argentea); Herbarium specimen (G. imbricata argentea); Herbarium specimen (G. \u00d7viridiflora); Herbarium specimen (G. \u00d7viridiflora); Herbarium … Continue reading “Cylindropuntia imbricata”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opuntiads.com\/cyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}