Arizona

Opuntia lubrica, Shiny Pricklypear

Joseph — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:54:39 +0000

Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 21: 169, 1910 Herbarium; Drawing (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, fig 174); Painting; Painting Original Citation What is Opuntia lubrica? Opuntia lubrica is a prickly pear cactus with some similarity to O. rufida. However, O. lubrica has shiny pads that are not pubescent as in the other cactus. Details Plants often have the […]

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Opuntia riparia, Arroyo Pricklypear

Joseph — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:18:19 +0000

Griffiths, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 27(6): 26, 1914 Herbarium (submitted as O. engelmannii); Herbarium (O. riparia-like) Original Description What is Opuntia riparia? Opuntia riparia is a prickly pear cactus that grows in low, wide thickets in southern Arizona. It rarely reaches waist-high, but occasional cactus stems may reach to 3-4 ft tall. […]

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Opuntia arizonica, Arizona Pricklypear

Joseph — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:30:43 +0000

Griffiths, Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 93, 1909 Holotype; Isotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting (watercolor over a photograph, Krieger and Griffith, 1915, Smithsonian Institution Archive); Photograph (D Griffiths, ca. 1910); Photograph (D Griffiths, ca. 1910); Photograph (Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 20: 1909) Original Citation What is Opuntia arizonica? […]

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Opuntia canada, Canyon Pricklypear

Joseph — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:58:23 +0000

Griffiths, Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden 20: 90, 1909 Holotype; Topotype; Herbarium (as O. engelmannii); Painting. Original Description What is Opuntia canada? Opuntia cañada is a compact, erect to ascending prickly-pear of far southern Arizona. Plants are typically low-trunked to clumping, with a tidy overall aspect and comparatively few spines per areole relative to allied […]

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Opuntia laevis, Smooth Pricklypear

Joseph — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:19:01 +0000

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

Joseph — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:09:03 +0000

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, Blake Pricklypear

Joseph — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:54:39 +0000

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, Sonoran Purple Pricklypear

Joseph — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:29:40 +0000

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 chlorotica santa-rita, Santa-Rita Purple Pricklypear

Joseph — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:16:58 +0000

Opuntia chlorotica santa-rita Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia chlorotica var. santa-rita? O. chlorotica var. santa-rita, the Santa-Rita purple prickly pear, is one of three varieties in the O. chlorotica complex—together with var. chlorotica and var. gosseliniana. It was clarified and united with O. chlorotica by Ferguson […]

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Opuntia martiniana, Hualapai Pricklypear

Joseph — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:39:37 +0000

(L.D. Benson) B.D. Parfitt, Systematic Botany 5(4): 416, 1980 [1981] Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium It is proposed that O. martiniana is related to O. chlorotica chlorotica O. curvospina is a related species Original Description What is Opuntia martiniana? Opuntia martiniana is a prickly pear cactus found sporadically at the […]

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