View source for Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii

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|accepted_name=Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii
|accepted_authority=(L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|place=70: 188. 1998
|year=1998
}}
|common_names=Navajo Bridge pricklypear
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Opuntia nicholii
|authority=L. D. Benson
|rank=species
|publication_title=Cacti Arizona ed.
|publication_place=2, 48. 1950
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Opuntia hystricina var. nicholii
|authority=(L. D. Benson) Backe berg
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae;Opuntia;Opuntia polyacantha;Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii
|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>[[Opuntia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Opuntia polyacantha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 147
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stem </b>segments narrowly to broadly obovate, 10–27 × 7–18 cm; areoles 8–11 per diagonal row across midstem segment, 12–30 mm apart. <b>Spines</b> in most areoles, of 2 kinds: major spines 1–5 per areole, down curved, ascending near stem segment apex, pink-gray or basal 2/3 brown to black, the longest 45–150 mm; minor spines 3–8 per areole, deflexed, white to gray, 60–220 cm (spine clusters easily detached in preparing specimens). <b>Fruits</b> stout; areoles 18–24, most bearing 3–12 spines, 8–17 mm. <b>2n</b> = 66.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Barren areas with saltbush and ephedra, limestone or red, sandy soils
|elevation=1200-1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
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name=Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii
|authority=(L. D. Benson) B. D. Parfitt
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Opuntia hystricina var. nicholii
|basionyms=Opuntia nicholii
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Barren areas with saltbush and ephedra, limestone or red, sandy soils
|elevation=1200-1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles)
|publication year=1998
|special status=
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
|genus=Opuntia
|species=Opuntia polyacantha
|variety=Opuntia polyacantha var. nicholii
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