View source for Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major

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|accepted_name=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann) Pinkava
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci.
|place=32: 42. 1999
|year=1999
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia echinocarpa var. major
|authority=Engelmann
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa
|authority=(Peebles) Backeberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia acanthocarpa var. major
|authority=(Engelmann & J. M. Bigelow) L. D. Benson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa
|authority=Peebles
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia echinocarpa var. robustior
|authority=J. M. Coulter
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Cylindropuntia;Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa;Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cylindropuntia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 106, 109, 112, 114
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> sprawling, with numerous branches, usually at obtuse angles. <b>Stem</b> segments green to dark green, 8–20(–31) cm; tubercles salient, moderately broad, 1.5–2.5 cm. <b>Spines</b> 14–18(–23) per areole, yellow to deep red-brown, aging gray, not baggy sheathed; major abaxial spines usually deflexed, spreading. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals yellow, bronze, or brick red. <b>Fruits</b> spiny; areoles 14–22(–26). <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Sonoran Desert, sandy flats, washes, rocky slopes
|elevation=300-900 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa </i>var.<i> major</i> hybridizes with <i>C. bigelovii</i> (= C. campii M. A. Baker & Pinkava).</p>
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name=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major
|author=
|authority=(Engelmann) Pinkava
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa;Opuntia acanthocarpa var. major;Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa;Opuntia echinocarpa var. robustior
|basionyms=Opuntia echinocarpa var. major
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Sonoran Desert, sandy flats, washes, rocky slopes
|elevation=300-900 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci.
|publication year=1999
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Cylindropuntia
|species=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
|variety=Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. major
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