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Taxon:
Opuntia macrocentra
Engelm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Opuntia
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Opuntioideae
Tribe:
Opuntieae
Nomen number:
427021
Place of publication:
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3:292. 1856
Verified:
08/29/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Opuntia violacea
Engelm.
No images
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)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family 506.
Benson, L.
1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada
Note:
=
Opuntia violacea
Engelm.
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/
Hunt, D.
1999. CITES Cactaceae checklist, ed. 2
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Pinkava, D. J. & B. D. Parfitt.
1988. Nomenclatural changes in Chihuahuan Desert
Opuntia
(Cactaceae). Sida 13(2):128.
URL:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary
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
Common names
English
black-spine prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
blunt-spine prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
long-spine prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
Martin's blunt-spine prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
purple prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
reddish-purple prickly-pear –
Reference(s)
Swedish
purpuropuntia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
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
Sonora
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
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona]
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Sonora]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
as
Opuntia violacea
Irish, M.
2001. The ornamental prickly pear industry in the southwestern United States. Florida Entomol. 84:484.
Name
References