Taxon: Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• clockface prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• flapjack prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• pancake prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• pancake-pear   (Source: Cact US Can ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [w.], California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Sonora

References:

• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. (Cact Fam) 492.
• Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. (Cact US Can)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Opuntia chlorotica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Opuntia chlorotica. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for Opuntia chlorotica Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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