Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
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Opuntia vulgaris Mill. (1868)
Nomenclature
Mill.
Mill.
1868
ICN
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
species
Opuntia vulgaris
Classification
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Descriptions
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Plants to 4-5 m high, often with thick cylindric trunk. Stem segments to c. 30 cm long, often much less, ± ovate to oblong or obovate, flattened; base narrowed. Areoles villous and with brownish glochids; spines 1-2 per areole, 1-4 cm long. Fls on margins of stem segments, 5-9 cm diam. Sepals and petals 3-4 cm long, yellow, with red tinge or median red stripe on outside of outer petals, ovate. Filaments white or greenish. Stigmas c. 5 mm long. Fr. 5-7.5 × 3-4.5 cm, obovoid, reddish purple, fleshy, spineless; apex with large round depression. Pulp pale green or greenish white.
Taxonomic concepts
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
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1 January 2000
13 May 2013