Biology:Opuntia anacantha

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Short description: Species of cactus

Opuntia anacantha
Opuntia anacantha var. kiska-loro (Cactaceae).JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia
Species:
O. anacantha
Binomial name
Opuntia anacantha
Speg.
Synonyms[2]
  • Opuntia bispinosa Backeb.
  • Speg. Speg.
  • (F. Ritter) P.J. Braun & Esteves Pereira Platyopuntia kiskaloro
  • Opuntia retrorsa (Speg.) F. Ritter
  • Opuntia fuscolineata Speg.
  • (Speg.) F. Ritter Platyopuntia vitelliniflora
  • Opuntia roborensis F. Ritter
  • Opuntia canina Starm. & Mucher
  • Cárdenas Opuntia utkilio
  • Opuntia kiskaloro Speg.
  • Platyopuntia retrorsa Opuntia vitelliniflora

Opuntia anacantha is a species belonging to the family Cactaceae, native to northern Argentina and Bolivia.

Description

Shrubby cactus of about 60 cm high and 2.5 wide, normally prostrate, sometimes climbs due to its adventitious roots. The dark green segments are flat, narrow and elliptical in shape, about 5 to 40 cm long and 3.5 to 7 cm wide. The areolas are small. Orange or orange yellow flowers 4 cm long.

Taxonomy

Opuntia anacantha was described by Carlos Luis Spegazzini and published in Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1904.[3] (As of October 2022), Plants of the World Online regarded it as a synonym of Opuntia elata var. elata.[4]

Etymology

Opuntia : generic name that comes from the Greek used by Pliny the Elder for a plant that grew around the city of Opus in Greece.[5]

anacantha : Latin epithet meaning "without thorns".[6]

References

  1. ↑ Oakley, L.; Pin, A.; Duarte, W. (2017). "Opuntia anacantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T152357A121589393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T152357A121589393.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152357/121589393. Retrieved 29 August 2021. 
  2. ↑ "Opuntia anacantha Speg.", Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/5107234?projectid=0, retrieved 2022-10-20 
  3. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Opuntia anacantha Speg.". http://www.tropicos.org/Name/5107234. 
  4. ↑ "Opuntia anacantha Speg.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:174806-2. 
  5. ↑ "Page O". http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageO.html. 
  6. ↑ "Dictionary of Botanical Epithets". http://botanicalepithets.net/dictionary/dictionary.23.html. 

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