familyCactaceae
subfamilyCactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
genusCylindropuntia
speciesCylindropuntia leptocaulis

Difference between revisions of "Cylindropuntia leptocaulis"

(de Candolle) F. M. Knuth

in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 122. 1935.

Donald J. Pinkava
Common names: Desert Christmas cholla Christmas cactus
Illustrated
Basionym: Opuntia leptocaulis de Candolle Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 118. 1828
Synonyms: Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. brevispina (Engelma nn) F. M. Knuth Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelmann) F. M. Knuth Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens Engelmann Opuntia frutescens Engelmann Opuntia frutescens var. brevispina Engelmann Opuntia frutescens var. longispina Engelmann Opuntia leptocaulis Opuntia leptocaulis var. longispina (Engelmann) A. Berger Opuntia leptocaulis var. vaginata (Engelmann) S. Watson Opuntia vaginata
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub architecture;shrub some measurement;shrub arrangement;tree size;tree architecture;tree some measurement;tree arrangement;terminal branchlet architecture;axis size"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, sparingly to densely branched, 0.5–1.8 m, usually bearing similar, commonly spineless terminal branchlets arranged at right angles along major axes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem segment arrangement;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment length;stem segment width"><b>Stem </b>segments usually alternate, gray-green or purplish, 2–8 × 0.3–0.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="tubercle arrangement or course or shape;tubercle condition;tubercle atypical some measurement;tubercle some measurement;wrinkle shape;wrinkle architecture or shape">tubercles linear, drying as elongate, riblike wrinkles, 1.1–2 (–3) cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="areole arrangement or shape;areole atypical length;areole length;areole width">areoles broadly elliptic, (1–) 1.5–3.5 × 0.7–2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool life cycle;wool coloration">wool white to yellow, aging gray.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spine atypical count;spine count;coat arrangement;coat orientation;coat fragility;coat course;coat orientation;coat orientation;coat coloration;coat coloration;coat coloration;coat coloration;tip coloration;tip life cycle;tip coloration;tip shape;tip shape;tip length;tip atypical some measurement;tip some measurement"><b>Spines </b>0–1 (–3) per areole, usually in apical areoles to well distributed, erect, flexible, straight or arching upward or downward, redbrown with gray to whitish coat, tips yellow, aging redbrown, terete, angular-flattened basally, the longest (4–) 14–45 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sheath coloration;sheath coloration;sheath coloration;sheath coloration;tip coloration;tip coloration;tip coloration">sheaths gray to purple-gray with yellow to redbrown tips or yellow throughout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="glochid coloration;glochid coloration;glochid atypical some measurement;glochid some measurement;areole shape"><b>Glochids </b>in adaxial tuft or crescent to encircling areole, yellow or reddish-brown, 1–3 (–5) mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape;inner tepal some measurement;inner tepal shape;inner tepal architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> inner tepals pale-yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes tipped red, narrowly obovate, 5–8 mm, acute, apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament coloration">filaments greenish yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style coloration">style yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma lobe coloration">stigma lobes greenish yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit life cycle;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit atypical length;fruit length;fruit atypical width;fruit width;fruit texture;fruit architecture or pubescence or relief;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>occasionally proliferating, yellow to scarlet (rarely green, sometimes tinged purple, becoming yellow), sometimes stipitate, obovoid, 9–15 (–27) × 6–7 (–12) mm, fleshy, smooth, spineless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="umbilicus some measurement;umbilicus depth">umbilicus 2–4 mm deep;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="areole count">areoles 16–20.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed diameter;side architecture or pubescence or relief;depression count;depression size"><b>Seeds </b>pale-yellow, suborbicular to squarish and crenate in outline, warped, 3–4.5 mm diam., sides smooth, each with 1–3 large depressions;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="ridge size or width">girdle smooth or with very narrow ridge.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="girdle architecture or pubescence or relief;girdle architecture or pubescence or relief;2n chromosome count;2n chromosome count;2n chromosome count">2n = 22, 33, 44.</span><!--
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Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Shrubs or small trees, sparingly to densely branched, 0.5–1.8 m, usually bearing similar, commonly spineless terminal branchlets arranged at right angles along major axes. Stem segments usually alternate, gray-green or purplish, 2–8 × 0.3–0.5 cm; tubercles linear, drying as elongate, riblike wrinkles, 1.1–2(–3) cm; areoles broadly elliptic, (1–)1.5–3.5 × 0.7–2 mm; wool white to yellow, aging gray. Spines 0–1(–3) per areole, usually in apical areoles to well distributed, erect, flexible, straight or arching upward or downward, red-brown with gray to whitish coat, tips yellow, aging red-brown, terete, angular-flattened basally, the longest (4–)14–45 mm; sheaths gray to purple-gray with yellow to red-brown tips or yellow throughout. Glochids in adaxial tuft or crescent to encircling areole, yellow or reddish brown, 1–3(–5) mm. Flowers: inner tepals pale yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes tipped red, narrowly obovate, 5–8 mm, acute, apiculate; filaments greenish yellow; anthers yellow; style yellow; stigma lobes greenish yellow. Fruits occasionally proliferating, yellow to scarlet (rarely green, sometimes tinged purple, becoming yellow), sometimes stipitate, obovoid, 9–15(–27) × 6–7(–12) mm, fleshy, smooth, spineless; umbilicus 2–4 mm deep; areoles 16–20. Seeds pale yellow, suborbicular to squarish and crenate in outline, warped, 3–4.5 mm diam., sides smooth, each with 1–3 large depressions; girdle smooth or with very narrow ridge. 2n = 22, 33, 44.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer, sometimes fall (Mar–Aug, Oct).
Habitat: Deserts, grasslands, chaparrals, oak-juniper woodlands, flats, bajadas and slopes, sandy, loamy to gravelly substrates
Elevation: 40-1500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas).

Discussion

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis forms hybrids with C. acanthocarpa var. major (see 3. C. ×tetracantha), C. arbuscula, C. fulgida, C. kleiniae, C. spinosior, C. versicolor (see discussion under C. ×tetracantha), and C. whipplei. Hybrids in central Arizona have flowers intermediate in size to the parents, narrow tuberculate stems bearing 0–1(–2) major spines per areole, and tuberculate, spineless, orange to red fruits. The chromosome number reported for hybrids is 2n = 22.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Donald J. Pinkava +
Authority
(de Candolle) F. M. Knuth +
Basionyms
Opuntia leptocaulis +
Common name
Desert Christmas cholla +  and Christmas cactus +
Distribution
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua +, Coahuila +, Durango +, Nuevo León +, Sonora +, Tamaulipas +  and Zacatecas). +
Elevation
40-1500 m +
Habitat
Deserts, grasslands, chaparrals, oak-juniper woodlands, flats, bajadas and slopes, sandy, loamy to gravelly substrates +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Phenology
Flowering spring–early summer, sometimes fall (Mar–Aug, Oct). +
Publication title
in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, +
Publication year
1935 +
Reference
None +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Synonyms
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. brevispina +, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis var. longispina +, Opuntia fragilis var. frutescens +, Opuntia frutescens +, Opuntia frutescens var. brevispina +, Opuntia frutescens var. longispina +, Opuntia leptocaulis +, Opuntia leptocaulis var. longispina +, Opuntia leptocaulis var. vaginata +  and Opuntia vaginata +
Taxon family
Cactaceae +
Taxon name
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis +
Taxon parent
Cylindropuntia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 4 +