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Genus: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae subfamily: Opuntioideae tribe: Opuntieae.
Nomen number: 314437
Place of publication: Suppl. pl. succ. 82. 1819
Name verified on: 23-Jan-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Aug-2003
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions:
3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED
Species on the following lists:
See also subordinate taxa:
- cliff prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- grizzly-bear prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- hairy prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- hedgehog prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- juniper prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- Navajo bridge prickly-pear (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii]
- Nichol's prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- plains prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- porcupine prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- porcupine prickly-pear (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Opuntia polyacantha var. hystracina]
- red-spine prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- sand prickly-pear (Source: F NAmer
) – English [Opuntia polyacantha var. arenaria]
- starvation prickly-pear (Source: Cact Fam
) – English
- frilandsopuntia (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- NORTHERN AMERICA
(Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas [w. & n.e.], Nebraska [w.], North Dakota, Oklahoma [Cimarron Co.], South Dakota
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas [w.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua [n.]
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family.
512.
- Benson, L.
1969. The Cacti of Arizona, ed. 3.
71.
- Benson, L.
1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada.
382–393.
- CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America.
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association).
1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
- Scoggan, H. J.
1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Opuntia polyacantha Haw.:
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?314437 (24 May 2013)
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