Opuntia monacantha Haw.
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Opuntia monacantha Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ. 81 (1819)
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
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Nomenclature
Haw.
Haw.
1819
81
ICN
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
species
Opuntia monacantha
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Descriptions
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 monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
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Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
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