Difference between revisions of "Opuntia aureispina"

(S. Brack & K. D. Heil) Pinkava & B. D. Parfitt

J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 33: 150. 2001.

Basionym: Opuntia macrocentra var. aureispina S. Brack & K. D. Heil
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Mentioned on page 143.
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub orientation;shrub atypical some measurement;shrub some measurement;tree orientation;tree atypical some measurement;tree some measurement;trunk height or length or size;trunk architecture or shape"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, with short spiny trunks, erect, to 1 (–1.5) m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem segment architecture;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment coloration;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment shape;stem segment length;stem segment width;stem segment pubescence;stem segment relief;stem segment pubescence"><b>Stem </b>segments not disarticulating, light blue-green to yellow-green, flattened, circular to obovate, 8–12 × 8–12 cm, glaucous, ± tuberculate, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="areole count;areole shape;areole length;areole width">areoles 6–8 per diagonal row across midstem segment, oblong, 4–5 × 1–3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="wool coloration;wool coloration;wool coloration">wool brown to blackish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="spine count;spine arrangement;spine orientation;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine shape"><b>Spines </b>usually 4–12 per areole, evenly distributed on stem segments, spreading, bright-yellow to orange, redbrown at extreme base, aging tan to blackish, not chalky white, acicular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spine size;spine atypical count;spine atypical count;spine count;spine shape;spine course;spine some measurement">major spines (1–) 3–5 (–6) per areole, sometimes flattened and/or curved, 20–60 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="smaller spine count;smaller spine size;smaller spine some measurement">smaller spines 1–7 per areole, slender, to 20 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="glochid arrangement;glochid development;glochid coloration;glochid length;glochid some measurement;row size or width"><b>Glochids </b>well spaced in very narrow row encircling areole, subapical tuft not or poorly developed, yellow, unequal in length, to 5 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inner tepal coloration;inner tepal shape;inner tepal some measurement;base coloration;base coloration;base coloration"><b>Flowers:</b> inner tepals yellow with orange to red bases, obovate, 30–40 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament coloration;filament coloration;filament coloration">filament yellow to pale green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers pale-yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style coloration;style coloration">style yellow, sometimes basally pinkish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma lobe coloration">stigma lobes green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;spine count;spine texture;spine coloration;spine coloration;spine architecture or shape;spine length;spine width;spine texture;spine condition;spine pubescence"><b>Fruits </b>green to reddish, turning tan, burlike, 30–40 × 20–25 mm, beginning fleshy, quickly drying, glabrous, bearing several rigid, yellow spines;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="areole count">areoles 12–25.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed architecture or course;seed diameter"><b>Seeds </b>tan, flattened, irregular in outline, 3–6 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="girdle prominence;2n chromosome count">girdle protruding to 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, with short spiny trunks, erect, to 1(–1.5) m. <b>Stem</b> segments not disarticulating, light blue-green to yellow-green, flattened, circular to obovate, 8–12 × 8–12 cm, glaucous, ± tuberculate, glabrous; areoles 6–8 per diagonal row across midstem segment, oblong, 4–5 × 1–3 mm; wool brown to blackish. <b>Spines</b> usually 4–12 per areole, evenly distributed on stem segments, spreading, bright yellow to orange, red-brown at extreme base, aging tan to blackish, not chalky white, acicular; major spines (1–)3–5(–6) per areole, sometimes flattened and/or curved, 20–60 mm; smaller spines 1–7 per areole, slender, to 20 mm. <b>Glochids</b> well spaced in very narrow row encircling areole, subapical tuft not or poorly developed, yellow, unequal in length, to 5 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals yellow with orange to red bases, obovate, 30–40 mm; filament yellow to pale green; anthers pale yellow; style yellow, sometimes basally pinkish; stigma lobes green. <b>Fruits</b> green to reddish, turning tan, burlike, 30–40 × 20–25 mm, beginning fleshy, quickly drying, glabrous, bearing several rigid, yellow spines; areoles 12–25. <b>Seeds</b> tan, flattened, irregular in outline, 3–6 mm diam.; girdle protruding to 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--
  
 
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|habitat=Limestone desert flats, low hills
 
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|elevation=500-600 m
 
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|basionyms=Opuntia macrocentra var. aureispina
 
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|family=Cactaceae
 
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|phenology=Flowering spring (May).
 
|habitat=Limestone desert flats, low hills
 
|habitat=Limestone desert flats, low hills
 
|elevation=500-600 m
 
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|fruit coloration=green;reddish
 
|girdle prominence=protruding
 
|glochid arrangement=spaced
 
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|inner tepal some measurement=30mm;40mm
 
|row size or width=narrow
 
|seed architecture or course=irregular
 
|seed coloration=tan
 
|seed diameter=3mm;6mm
 
|seed shape=flattened
 
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|shrub orientation=erect
 
|shrub some measurement=0m;1m
 
|smaller spine count=1;7
 
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|spine pubescence=glabrous
 
|spine shape=flattened;acicular
 
|spine size=major
 
|spine some measurement=20mm;60mm
 
|spine texture=fleshy;rigid
 
|spine width=20mm;25mm
 
|stem segment architecture=not disarticulating
 
|stem segment coloration=light blue-green;yellow-green
 
|stem segment length=8cm;12cm
 
|stem segment pubescence=glabrous;glaucous
 
|stem segment relief=tuberculate
 
|stem segment shape=circular;obovate
 
|stem segment width=8cm;12cm
 
|stigma lobe coloration=green
 
|style coloration=pinkish;yellow
 
|tree atypical some measurement=1m;1.5m
 
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Revision as of 15:02, 27 July 2019

Shrubs or trees, with short spiny trunks, erect, to 1(–1.5) m. Stem segments not disarticulating, light blue-green to yellow-green, flattened, circular to obovate, 8–12 × 8–12 cm, glaucous, ± tuberculate, glabrous; areoles 6–8 per diagonal row across midstem segment, oblong, 4–5 × 1–3 mm; wool brown to blackish. Spines usually 4–12 per areole, evenly distributed on stem segments, spreading, bright yellow to orange, red-brown at extreme base, aging tan to blackish, not chalky white, acicular; major spines (1–)3–5(–6) per areole, sometimes flattened and/or curved, 20–60 mm; smaller spines 1–7 per areole, slender, to 20 mm. Glochids well spaced in very narrow row encircling areole, subapical tuft not or poorly developed, yellow, unequal in length, to 5 mm. Flowers: inner tepals yellow with orange to red bases, obovate, 30–40 mm; filament yellow to pale green; anthers pale yellow; style yellow, sometimes basally pinkish; stigma lobes green. Fruits green to reddish, turning tan, burlike, 30–40 × 20–25 mm, beginning fleshy, quickly drying, glabrous, bearing several rigid, yellow spines; areoles 12–25. Seeds tan, flattened, irregular in outline, 3–6 mm diam.; girdle protruding to 1 mm. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering spring (May).
Habitat: Limestone desert flats, low hills
Elevation: 500-600 m

Discussion

Opuntia aureispina hybridizes with O. phaeacantha (= O. ×spinosibacca M. S. Anthony) and O. macrocentra (= O. ×rooneyi M. P. Griffith).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.