Difference between revisions of "Cylindropuntia arbuscula"

(Engelmann) F. M. Knuth in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth

in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 123. 1935.

Common names: Pencil cholla
Basionym: Opuntia arbuscula Engelmann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 106. Mentioned on page 104, 109.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree architecture;tree some measurement;shrub architecture;shrub some measurement"><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, densely branched, 0.5–3 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment length;stem segment width"><b>Stem </b>segments green, sometimes purple-tinged, 6–10.5 × 0.5–1.3 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="tubercle shape;wrinkle some measurement">tubercles narrowly elongate, appearing as wrinkles when dry, 1–2 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="areole arrangement or shape;areole diam">areoles circular, 2–3 mm in diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration">wool tan to brown, aging gray to black.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spine atypical count;spine count;spine arrangement;spine orientation;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine life cycle;spine coloration;spine fragility or size;spine length;spine atypical some measurement;spine some measurement"><b>Spines </b>0–2 (–3) per areole, sparsely distributed along stem, usually deflexed, pale-yellow or redbrown aging black, stout, the longest 0.8–3.5 (–5) cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sheath architecture or fragility;sheath size;sheath coloration">sheaths loose fitting, yellowish-brown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="glochid position;glochid coloration"><b>Glochids </b>in adaxial tuft and marginal, encircling areole, pale-yellow.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape;inner tepal some measurement;inner tepal architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> inner tepals green or orange-bronze, spatulate, 17–20 mm, apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament coloration">filaments dark green-bronze;</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 coloration">style whitish basally to light orange apically;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma lobe coloration">stigma lobes very pale green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit reproduction;fruit size or width;fruit relief;fruit some measurement;fruit reproduction;fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width;fruit texture;fruit architecture or pubescence or relief;fruit architecture"><b>Fruits </b>green, becoming yellowish apically, sometimes tinged red to purplish at areoles, commonly sterile, then narrow, tuberculate, to 2.5 cm, fertile ones stipitate, obconic, 20–50 × 15–35 mm, fleshy, becoming smooth, spineless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="umbilicus some measurement;umbilicus depth">umbilicus 3–4 mm deep;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="areole atypical count;areole count">areoles 15–17 (–34).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed shape;seed shape;seed width;seed diameter;seed relief"><b>Seeds </b>pale-yellow, angularly circular to oblong, thick, 3–5 mm diam., lumpy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">girdle smooth, broad, not protruding.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="girdle architecture or pubescence or relief;girdle width;girdle prominence;2n chromosome count">2n = 66.</span><!--
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, densely branched, 0.5–3 m. <b>Stem</b> segments green, sometimes purple tinged, 6–10.5 × 0.5–1.3 cm; tubercles narrowly elongate, appearing as wrinkles when dry, 1–2 cm; areoles circular, 2–3 mm in diam.; wool tan to brown, aging gray to black. <b>Spines</b> 0–2(–3) per areole, sparsely distributed along stem, usually deflexed, pale yellow or red-brown aging black, stout, the longest 0.8–3.5(–5) cm; sheaths loose fitting, yellowish brown. <b>Glochids</b> in adaxial tuft and marginal, encircling areole, pale yellow. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals green- or orange-bronze, spatulate, 17–20 mm, apiculate; filaments dark green-bronze; anthers yellow; style whitish basally to light orange apically; stigma lobes very pale green. <b>Fruits</b> green, becoming yellowish apically, sometimes tinged red to purplish at areoles, commonly sterile, then narrow, tuberculate, to 2.5 cm, fertile ones stipitate, obconic, 20–50 × 15–35 mm, fleshy, becoming smooth, spineless; umbilicus 3–4 mm deep; areoles 15–17(–34). <b>Seeds</b> pale yellow, angularly circular to oblong, thick, 3–5 mm diam., lumpy; girdle smooth, broad, not protruding. <b>2n</b> = 66.</span><!--
  
 
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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
 
|habitat=Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub
 
|habitat=Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub
 
|elevation=300-1000 m
 
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|basionyms=Opuntia arbuscula
 
|basionyms=Opuntia arbuscula
 
|family=Cactaceae
 
|family=Cactaceae
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|phenology=Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
 
|habitat=Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub
 
|habitat=Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub
 
|elevation=300-1000 m
 
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
 
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
 
|genus=Cylindropuntia
 
|genus=Cylindropuntia
 
|species=Cylindropuntia arbuscula
 
|species=Cylindropuntia arbuscula
|2n chromosome count=66
 
|anther coloration=yellow
 
|areole arrangement or shape=circular
 
|areole atypical count=17;34
 
|areole count=15;17
 
|areole diam=2mm;3mm
 
|filament coloration=dark green-bronze
 
|fruit architecture=spineless;stipitate
 
|fruit architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
 
|fruit coloration=tinged red;purplish
 
|fruit length=20mm;50mm
 
|fruit relief=tuberculate
 
|fruit reproduction=fertile;sterile
 
|fruit shape=obconic
 
|fruit size or width=narrow
 
|fruit some measurement=0cm;2.5cm
 
|fruit texture=fleshy
 
|fruit width=15mm;35mm
 
|girdle architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
 
|girdle prominence=not protruding
 
|girdle width=broad
 
|glochid coloration=pale-yellow
 
|glochid position=marginal
 
|inner tepal architecture or shape=apiculate
 
|inner tepal coloration=orange-bronze;green
 
|inner tepal shape=spatulate
 
|inner tepal some measurement=17mm;20mm
 
|seed coloration=pale-yellow
 
|seed diameter=3mm;5mm
 
|seed relief=lumpy
 
|seed shape=angularly circular;oblong
 
|seed width=thick
 
|sheath architecture or fragility=loose
 
|sheath coloration=yellowish-brown
 
|sheath size=fitting
 
|shrub architecture=branched
 
|shrub some measurement=0.5m;3m
 
|spine arrangement=distributed
 
|spine atypical count=2;3
 
|spine atypical some measurement=3.5cm;5cm
 
|spine coloration=black;redbrown;pale-yellow
 
|spine count=0;2
 
|spine fragility or size=stout
 
|spine length=longest
 
|spine life cycle=aging
 
|spine orientation=deflexed
 
|spine some measurement=0.8cm;3.5cm
 
|stem segment coloration=purple-tinged;green
 
|stem segment length=6cm;10.5cm
 
|stem segment width=0.5cm;1.3cm
 
|stigma lobe coloration=pale green
 
|style coloration=light orange;whitish
 
|tree architecture=branched
 
|tree some measurement=0.5m;3m
 
|tubercle shape=elongate
 
|umbilicus depth=deep
 
|umbilicus some measurement=3mm;4mm
 
|wool coloration=gray;black
 
|wrinkle some measurement=1cm;2cm
 
 
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Revision as of 13:59, 27 July 2019

Trees or shrubs, densely branched, 0.5–3 m. Stem segments green, sometimes purple tinged, 6–10.5 × 0.5–1.3 cm; tubercles narrowly elongate, appearing as wrinkles when dry, 1–2 cm; areoles circular, 2–3 mm in diam.; wool tan to brown, aging gray to black. Spines 0–2(–3) per areole, sparsely distributed along stem, usually deflexed, pale yellow or red-brown aging black, stout, the longest 0.8–3.5(–5) cm; sheaths loose fitting, yellowish brown. Glochids in adaxial tuft and marginal, encircling areole, pale yellow. Flowers: inner tepals green- or orange-bronze, spatulate, 17–20 mm, apiculate; filaments dark green-bronze; anthers yellow; style whitish basally to light orange apically; stigma lobes very pale green. Fruits green, becoming yellowish apically, sometimes tinged red to purplish at areoles, commonly sterile, then narrow, tuberculate, to 2.5 cm, fertile ones stipitate, obconic, 20–50 × 15–35 mm, fleshy, becoming smooth, spineless; umbilicus 3–4 mm deep; areoles 15–17(–34). Seeds pale yellow, angularly circular to oblong, thick, 3–5 mm diam., lumpy; girdle smooth, broad, not protruding. 2n = 66.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–Jun).
Habitat: Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub
Elevation: 300-1000 m

Discussion

Cylindropuntia arbuscula forms hybrids with C. leptocaulis in south-central Arizona; those hybrids have narrow, obscurely tuberculate stems and reddish fruits nearly the size of those of C. arbuscula and chromosome number of 2n = 55. Hybrids between C. arbuscula and C. spinosior [= C. ×neoarbuscula (Griffiths) F. M. Knuth] have large green fruits, which often split open, and on stem segments distal areoles that usually bear three or four spines to 2.5 cm. Hybrids between C. arbuscula and C. versicolor [= C. ×vivipara (Rose) F. M. Knuth] have large green fruits, which often split open, and distal stem segment areoles that bear one or two spines to 1.5 cm.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Pencil cholla +
Ariz. +  and Mexico (Sonora). +
300-1000 m +
Sonoran Desert flats, bajadas, desert scrub +
Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). +
in C. Backeberg and F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, +
Opuntia sect. Cylindropuntia +
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