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Taxon:
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Opuntia
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Opuntieae
Nomen number:
414086
Place of publication:
A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6:208. 1850
Comment:
has equal priority with
O. lindheimeri
Engelm., but first united in 1856 by Engelmann under name of
O. engelmannii
Verified:
07/16/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
cuija
Griffiths & Hare
(0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
engelmannii
(0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
flavispina
(L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava
(0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
flexospina
(Griffiths) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava
(0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
lindheimeri
(Engelm.) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava
(0 active accession[s])
Opuntia engelmannii
Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var.
linguiformis
(Griffiths) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family 497.
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Irish, M.
2001. The ornamental prickly pear industry in the southwestern United States. Florida Entomol. 84:484.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Parfitt, B. D. & D. J. Pinkava.
1988. Nomenclatural and systematic reassessment of
Opuntia engelmannii
and
O. lindheimeri
(Cactaceae). Madroño 35:342-349.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database
URL:
http://www.oklahomaplantdatabase.org/
Common names
English
cactus-apple –
Reference(s)
cowtongue cactus –
Reference(s)
cowtongue prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
desert prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
discus prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
Engelmann's prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
few-spine marble-fruit prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
tuna –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Oklahoma
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Chihuahua
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Coahuila de Zaragoza
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Nuevo León
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
San Luis Potosí
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Sonora
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Tamaulipas
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Zacatecas
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
New Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
s.w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Guanajuato
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Hidalgo
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Querétaro
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Nevada
s.
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Utah
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Northern America
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Oklahoma]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Louisiana (s.w.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona, California (s.), Nevada (s.), Utah]
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Irish, M.
2001. The ornamental prickly pear industry in the southwestern United States. Florida Entomol. 84:484.
Name
References