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Taxon: Opuntia aciculata Griffiths

Genus: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae subfamily: Opuntioideae tribe: Opuntieae.
Nomen number: 420184
Place of publication: Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29:10. 1916
Name verified on: 27-Aug-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 02-Feb-2010
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:

  • Chenille prickly-pear   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  • cowboy's-red-whiskers   (Source: F NAmer ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. (Cact Fam)
  • Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. (Cact US Can) [= O. lindheimeri var. lindheimeri].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
More:

Check other databases for Opuntia aciculata Griffiths:

  • 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.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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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?420184 (09 February 2010)

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