Opuntia atropes
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Opuntia atropes is a species in the genus of Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the family of the cactus (Cactaceae). The specific epithet atropes means '(Greek) not turned, rigid, related to thorns protruding at right angles'.
description
Opuntia atropes grows tree-shaped with a short, black trunk, is richly branched and reaches heights of 1 to 3 meters. The elongated to obovate, deep green, downy-haired and sometimes shiny shoot sections are 20 to 30 centimeters long. From the circular, reddish yellow areoles arise numerous long yellow glochids and whitish or yellowish thorns , which become lighter with age. The somewhat angular thorns are 3 to 6 centimeters long and protrude almost at right angles.
The flowers are initially yellow and later reddish in color. Your pericarpell is downy-haired and covered with thorns and glochids. The fruits are obovate.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia atropes is common in the Mexican states of Morelos , Mexico , Guerrero, and Michoacán . The first description was published in 1908 by Joseph Nelson Rose .
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 449 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . Volume 50, p. 518, 1908.