These are Opuntias used as garden plant because they have purple pads, attractive spines, relatively small sizes, colorful flower displays, easy growth, or reliable performance.
Parfitt, Rhodora 99(899): 223, 1997 Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium Original Description What is Opuntia pinkavae? Opuntia pinkavae is a small prickly pear cactus. Long before the publication of the name, pinkavae, this Opuntia was distributed under the name O. kaibabensis. However, that name was never officially published. It is a […]
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Engelmann, Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 206, 1850 Holotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. macrorhiza-like); Herbarium; Herbarium Herbarium; Herbarium; Print (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXVIII); Print (Addisonia, 1916, plate 19); Print See O. cespitosa, a similar eastern plant O. pottsii can be mistaken for O. macrorhiza. Original Description
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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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(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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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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Engelmann, Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science n.s. 4(1): 51, 1849 Lectotype; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Painting O. phaeacantha shares similarities with O. camanchica O. phaeacantha shares similarities with O. gilvescens Original Description What is Opuntia phaeacantha? Opuntia phaeacantha is a common and
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Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 295, 1856 Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium;Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Drawing (Bigelow, J.M., The Botany of the Expedition, 1856, plate XII No. 1-3) O. cymochila can be confused with O. polyacantha O. cymochila can be confused
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Engelmann & Bigelow, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 3: 293, ca 1852–1857. Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Herbarium (as O. phaeacantha); Painting; Drawing (Bigelow, J.M.,
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Salm-Dyck, Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi Cultae Anno 1849. 236. Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (O. ballii); Herbarium (O. ballii) Original Description What is Opuntia pottsii? Opuntia pottsii is a small prickly pear cactus with colorful flowers. It is found in many regions of the West, but it is seldom abundant. It grows from about 3,500 ft
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Engelmann, Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 207, 1850 Holotype (as O. lehmannii); Holotype (as O. lehmannii); Neotype; Isotype (as O. texana); Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium; Herbarium (seeds); Herbarium (as O. texana); Herbarium (as O. texana); Herbarium (as O. subaramata); Herbarium (‘linguiformis’); Herbarium (‘linguiformis’); Painting (Britton and Rose, v1 1919, plate XXXI); Painting (Britton and Rose, v
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