Difference between revisions of "Cylindropuntia abyssi"

(Hester) Backeberg

Cactaceae 1: 184. 1958.

Common names: Peach Springs cholla
Basionym: Opuntia abyssi Hester
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 114. Mentioned on page 103, 104.
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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>and shrubs, openly branched, to 1 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem segment fragility;stem segment length;stem segment width"><b>Stem </b>segments somewhat detachable, 8–14 × 1.8–2.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="tubercle prominence;tubercle some measurement;tubercle width">tubercles prominent, 0.6–1.5 cm, moderately broad;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="areole arrangement or shape;areole length;areole width">areoles elliptic, 5–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration">wool white to gray.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spine count;spine fragility;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine life cycle;spine coloration"><b>Spines </b>in brushlike clusters of 10–15 per areole, flexible, whitish to yellowish tan, aging gray;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="abaxial spine orientation;abaxial spine orientation;abaxial spine orientation;abaxial spine orientation;abaxial spine shape;abaxial spine shape;abaxial spine shape;abaxial spine architecture;abaxial spine length;abaxial spine some measurement">abaxial ones erect to descending, recurved, angularly flattened to flattened, sometimes twisted, the longest 23–38 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="adaxial spine orientation;adaxial spine orientation;adaxial spine arrangement;adaxial spine shape;adaxial spine shape;adaxial spine shape;adaxial spine length;adaxial spine some measurement">adaxial ones ascending, erect, divergent, terete to angularly flattened basally, the longest 18–32 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sheath coloration">sheaths silvery white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="glochid coloration;glochid some measurement;glochid count;glochid length or size;glochid arrangement;adaxial tuft prominence;adaxial tuft size"><b>Glochids </b>in inconspicuous small adaxial tuft, pale-yellow, 0.5–1.5 mm, few much longer and scattered along periphery of areole.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape;inner tepal some measurement;inner tepal architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> inner tepals pale-yellow to greenish yellow, spatulate, 15–20 mm, apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament coloration">filaments yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style coloration">style off-white;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma lobe coloration">stigma lobes yellowish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit reflectance;fruit coloration;fruit condition or texture;fruit relief;fruit architecture;fruit architecture;spine count;spine height or length or size"><b>Fruits </b>green becoming dull yellow, dry, tuberculate, spineless or with 1–2 short spines;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="tubercle length">tubercles subequal in length;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="umbilicus depth;umbilicus length;umbilicus width">umbilicus deep, 7 × 15–18 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="areole count">areoles 16–24.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed coloration;seed arrangement or shape;seed shape;seed length;seed width"><b>Seeds </b>tan, slightly angular and warped, 3–4 × 3.2–3.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="">girdle smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="girdle architecture or pubescence or relief;2n chromosome count">2n = 22.</span><!--
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>and shrubs, openly branched, to 1 m. <b>Stem</b> segments somewhat detachable, 8–14 × 1.8–2.5 cm; tubercles prominent, 0.6–1.5 cm, moderately broad; areoles elliptic, 5–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm; wool white to gray. <b>Spines</b> in brushlike clusters of 10–15 per areole, flexible, whitish to yellowish tan, aging gray; abaxial ones erect to descending, recurved, angularly flattened to flattened, sometimes twisted, the longest 23–38 mm; adaxial ones ascending, erect, divergent, terete to angularly flattened basally, the longest 18–32 mm; sheaths silvery white. <b>Glochids</b> in inconspicuous small adaxial tuft, pale yellow, 0.5–1.5 mm, few much longer and scattered along periphery of areole. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals pale yellow to greenish yellow, spatulate, 15–20 mm, apiculate; filaments yellow; anthers yellow; style off-white; stigma lobes yellowish. <b>Fruits</b> green becoming dull yellow, dry, tuberculate, spineless or with 1–2 short spines; tubercles subequal in length; umbilicus deep, 7 × 15–18 mm; areoles 16–24. <b>Seeds</b> tan, slightly angular and warped, 3–4 × 3.2–3.5 mm; girdle smooth. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--
  
 
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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer (Mar–Jun).
 
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone ledges and crests
 
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone ledges and crests
 
|elevation=500-800 m
 
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|basionyms=Opuntia abyssi
 
|basionyms=Opuntia abyssi
 
|family=Cactaceae
 
|family=Cactaceae
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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer (Mar–Jun).
 
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone ledges and crests
 
|habitat=Desert scrub, limestone ledges and crests
 
|elevation=500-800 m
 
|elevation=500-800 m
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|publication year=1958
 
|publication year=1958
 
|special status=
 
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
 
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Opuntioideae
 
|genus=Cylindropuntia
 
|genus=Cylindropuntia
 
|species=Cylindropuntia abyssi
 
|species=Cylindropuntia abyssi
|2n chromosome count=22
 
|abaxial spine architecture=twisted
 
|abaxial spine length=longest
 
|abaxial spine orientation=recurved;erect;descending
 
|abaxial spine shape=angularly flattened;flattened
 
|abaxial spine some measurement=23mm;38mm
 
|adaxial spine arrangement=divergent
 
|adaxial spine length=longest
 
|adaxial spine orientation=erect;ascending
 
|adaxial spine shape=terete;angularly flattened
 
|adaxial spine some measurement=18mm;32mm
 
|adaxial tuft prominence=inconspicuous
 
|adaxial tuft size=small
 
|anther coloration=yellow
 
|areole arrangement or shape=elliptic
 
|areole count=16;24
 
|areole length=5mm;7mm
 
|areole width=2.5mm;3.5mm
 
|filament coloration=yellow
 
|fruit architecture=with 1-2 short spines;spineless
 
|fruit coloration=yellow;green
 
|fruit condition or texture=dry
 
|fruit reflectance=dull
 
|fruit relief=tuberculate
 
|girdle architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
 
|glochid arrangement=scattered
 
|glochid coloration=pale-yellow
 
|glochid count=few
 
|glochid length or size=longer
 
|glochid some measurement=0.5mm;1.5mm
 
|inner tepal architecture or shape=apiculate
 
|inner tepal coloration=pale-yellow;greenish yellow
 
|inner tepal shape=spatulate
 
|inner tepal some measurement=15mm;20mm
 
|seed arrangement or shape=angular
 
|seed coloration=tan
 
|seed length=3mm;4mm
 
|seed shape=warped
 
|seed width=3.2mm;3.5mm
 
|sheath coloration=silvery white
 
|shrub architecture=branched
 
|shrub some measurement=0m;1m
 
|spine coloration=gray;whitish;yellowish tan
 
|spine count=1;2
 
|spine fragility=flexible
 
|spine height or length or size=short
 
|spine life cycle=aging
 
|stem segment fragility=detachable
 
|stem segment length=8cm;14cm
 
|stem segment width=1.8cm;2.5cm
 
|stigma lobe coloration=yellowish
 
|style coloration=off-white
 
|tree architecture=branched
 
|tree some measurement=0m;1m
 
|tubercle length=subequal
 
|tubercle prominence=prominent
 
|tubercle some measurement=0.6cm;1.5cm
 
|tubercle width=broad
 
|umbilicus depth=deep
 
|umbilicus length=7
 
|umbilicus width=15mm;18mm
 
|wool coloration=white;gray
 
 
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Revision as of 14:00, 27 July 2019

Trees and shrubs, openly branched, to 1 m. Stem segments somewhat detachable, 8–14 × 1.8–2.5 cm; tubercles prominent, 0.6–1.5 cm, moderately broad; areoles elliptic, 5–7 × 2.5–3.5 mm; wool white to gray. Spines in brushlike clusters of 10–15 per areole, flexible, whitish to yellowish tan, aging gray; abaxial ones erect to descending, recurved, angularly flattened to flattened, sometimes twisted, the longest 23–38 mm; adaxial ones ascending, erect, divergent, terete to angularly flattened basally, the longest 18–32 mm; sheaths silvery white. Glochids in inconspicuous small adaxial tuft, pale yellow, 0.5–1.5 mm, few much longer and scattered along periphery of areole. Flowers: inner tepals pale yellow to greenish yellow, spatulate, 15–20 mm, apiculate; filaments yellow; anthers yellow; style off-white; stigma lobes yellowish. Fruits green becoming dull yellow, dry, tuberculate, spineless or with 1–2 short spines; tubercles subequal in length; umbilicus deep, 7 × 15–18 mm; areoles 16–24. Seeds tan, slightly angular and warped, 3–4 × 3.2–3.5 mm; girdle smooth. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering spring–early summer (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: Desert scrub, limestone ledges and crests
Elevation: 500-800 m

Discussion

Cylindropuntia abyssi is tentatively viewed as a narrow endemic relict in Peach Springs Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona, but may well be a persistent hybrid derivative, most likely involving C. bigelovii.

Hybrids between Cylindropuntia abyssi and C. acanthocarpa have a shrub habit, long-divergent and loosely sheathed spines, and more elongate tubercles than C. abyssi.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.