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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Opuntioideae
Tribus: Cylindropuntieae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species: Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Subspecies: C. a. subsp. acanthocarpa – C. a. subsp. ramosa – C. a. subsp. thornberi

Name

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Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth, 1936 ["1935"]

Synonyms

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  • Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 308. 1856 syn. sec. Hernández & al. 2014
  • Grusonia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) G.D.Rowley in Tephrocactus Study Group 12(3): 43. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • Arizona, California
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Nevada, Utah, Mexico Northwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: buck-horn cholla, Buckhorn Cholla, Colorado Desert Cholla
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