Cylindropuntia

Cylindropuntia
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Opuntioideae Tribe : Cylindropuntieae Genre : Cylindropuntia
Scientific name
Cylindropuntia
( Engelm. ) FMKnuth

Cylindropuntia with bird's nest in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Cylindropuntia is a genus of plants from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek noun "κύλινδρσς" (cylindros) for roller and refers to the cylindrical shape of the shoots.

description

The species of the genus Cylindropuntia grow shrubby or tree-like. They are upright and heavily branched. The cylindrical to somewhat club-shaped shoot sections are straight, clearly humped, glabrous and of different lengths. The differently shaped areoles wear glochids . The most noticeable characteristic of the genus is the paper-like covering of the thorns ("pants thorns"). The main spines are at most flattened at the base.

The flowers are yellow-green, yellow, bronze, red or magenta. The cylindrical to almost spherical, sometimes club-shaped fruits are fleshy or dry. They can be thorny, green to yellow to red in color and turn brown when they dry up. The pale yellow to light brown, sometimes gray, seeds are flattened and 2.5 to 5 millimeters in length or diameter.

Systematics and distribution

The species of the genus Cylindropuntia are widespread in the southwest and southern United States and through southern Mexico to Mexico City . One species occurs in the Caribbean and another in South America .

George Engelmann established Cylindropuntia in 1856 as a subgenus of Opuntia ( Opuntia subg. Cylindropuntia ). Frederik Marcus Knuth raised the sub-genus to the rank of a genus in 1930. The type species of the genus is Opuntia arborescens . The genus includes the following species:

• Cylindropuntia abyssi (Hester) Backeb.
• Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Engelm. & JMBigelow) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Acanthocarpa
  • Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Coloradensis
  • Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Major
  • Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Thornberi
• Cylindropuntia alcahes (FACWeber) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia alcahes var. Alcahes
  • Cylindropuntia alcahes var. Burrageana
• Cylindropuntia anteojoensis (Pinkava) EFAnderson
• Cylindropuntia × antoniae
  Hybrid of Cylindropuntia kleiniae and Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
• Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Engelm.) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. Bigelovii
  • Cylindropuntia bigelovii var. Ciribe
• Cylindropuntia californica (Torr. & A. Gray) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia californica var. Californica
  • Cylindropuntia californica var. Delgadilloana
  • Cylindropuntia californica var. Parkeri
  • Cylindropuntia californica var. Rosarica
• Cylindropuntia calmalliana (JMCoult.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × campii
  Natural hybrids from Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa and Cylindropuntia bigelovii
• Cylindropuntia caribaea (Britton & Rose) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia cedrosensis Rebman ex EFAnderson
• Cylindropuntia cholla (FACWeber) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × congesta
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Thornberi and Cylindropuntia whipplei
• Cylindropuntia davisii (Engelm. & JMBigelow) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × deserta
  Natural hybrids of Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Coloradensis and Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
• Cylindropuntia echinocarpa (Engelm. & JMBigelow) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × fosbergii
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia bigelovii and Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
• Cylindropuntia fulgida (Engelm.) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia fulgida var. Fulgida
  • Cylindropuntia fulgida var. Mamillata
• Cylindropuntia ganderi (CBWolf) Rebman & Pinkava
  • Cylindropuntia ganderi var. Ganderi
  • Cylindropuntia ganderi var. Catavinensis
• Cylindropuntia × grantiorum
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia spinosior and Cylindropuntia versicolor
• Cylindropuntia imbricata (Haw.) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia imbricata var. Imbricata
  • Cylindropuntia imbricata var. Argentea
• Cylindropuntia × kelvinensis
  Natural hybrids of Cylindropuntia fulgida and Cylindropuntia spinosior
• Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (DC.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia lindsayi (Rebman) Rebman
• Cylindropuntia molesta (Brandegee) FMKnuth
  • Cylindropuntia molesta var. Molesta
  • Cylindropuntia molesta var. Clavellina
• Cylindropuntia × multigeniculata
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia echinocarpa and Cylindropuntia whipplei , an English common name is "Blue Diamond Cholla"
• Cylindropuntia munzii (CBWolf) Backeb. per hybr.
• Cylindropuntia × neoarbuscula
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia arbuscula and Cylindropuntia spinosior
• Cylindropuntia prolifera (Engelm.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Engelm.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia rosea (DC.) Backeb.
• Cylindropuntia sanfelipensis (Rebman) Rebman
• Cylindropuntia santamaria (EMBaxter) Rebman
• Cylindropuntia spinosior (Engelm.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia tesajo (Engelm. Ex JMCoult.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × tetracantha
  Natural hybrids of Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. Major and Cylindropuntia leptocaulis , an English common name is "Popular Cholla"
• Cylindropuntia thurberi (Engelm.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia tunicata (loam.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia versicolor (Engelm. Ex JMCoult.) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia × viridiflora
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia imbricata and Cylindropuntia whipplei
• Cylindropuntia × vivipara
  Natural hybrid of Cylindropuntia arbuscula and Cylindropuntia versicolor
• Cylindropuntia whipplei (Engelm. & JMBigelow) FMKnuth
• Cylindropuntia wolfii (LDBenson) MABaker

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 166-176 .
• Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd Edition. tape I . Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart New York 1982, ISBN 3-437-30380-5 , p. 165-206 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Volume 3, pp. 289, 302, Boston (MA) 1856
2. ↑ Den nye cactus arch . 1930, p. 105.
3. ^ Edward F. Anderson : The great cactus lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 166-176 .

further reading

• Daniel M. Mugaburu: New Populations of Cylindropuntia × viridiflora (Cactaceae) in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona . In: Haseltonia . Volume 15, 2009, pp. 108-116, DOI: 10.2985 / 026.015.0111 .

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