Opuntia_erinacea

<i>Opuntia erinacea</i>

Opuntia erinacea

Species of cactus

Opuntia erinacea, the Mojave prickly pear, variously treated as a species, or as a variety of Opuntia polyacantha,[1] in the family Cactaceae, that is a distributed throughout the Mojave and into the southern Great Basin deserts.

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Opuntia erinacea is proposed by A.D. Stock to be an allopolyploid that resulted from hybridization between Opuntia diploursina and Opuntia basilaris.;[2] although ties with other varieties of Opuntia polyacantha are also strongly evident.

References

  1. [1]
    Bruce D. Parfitt, B.D. & A.C. Gibson (200) in 'Flora of North America' vol.4
  2. [2]
    Stock, A. D., Hussey, N., & Beckstrom, M. D. (2014). A New Species of Opuntia (Cactaceae) from Mojave Co, Arizona. Cactus and Succulent Journal, 86(2), 79-83.
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