Taxon:
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm. var. lindheimeri (Engelm.) B. D. Parfitt & Pinkava
Summary
Place of publication:
Madroño 35:346. 1988
Verified:
07/16/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 Note: = Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.
- 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(4):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
- Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505 Note: = Opuntia lindheimeri Engelm.
Common names
English
Lindheimer prickly-pear – nopal prickly-pear – small round-leaf prickly-pear – Texas prickly-pear – Afrikaans
klein rondeblaarturksvy – Spanish
cacanapo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | Murray Co. |
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. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Victoria | n.w. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Oklahoma (Murray Co.)]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Louisiana (s.w.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Eastern Cape]
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [South Australia, Victoria (n.w.)]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | fide Cactus USCan, as O. lindheimeri | Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada 930. |
Environmental | ornamental | as Opuntia aciculata | Irish, M. 2001. The ornamental prickly pear industry in the southwestern United States. Florida Entomol. 84:484 |
Weed | | as Opuntia lindheimeri | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |