Opuntia azurea

Opuntia azurea
	Opuntia azurea
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia azurea
Scientific name
	Opuntia azurea
	rose

Opuntia azurea is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Opuntia azurea grows compactly like a dwarf tree, is upright and reaches heights of 1 to 2 meters. There is a trunk. The glaucous greenish blue, circular to obovate shoot sections are 10 to 15 centimeters long and have the same diameter. The numerous glochids are dark. The one to three unequal, somewhat spreading thorns are 2 to 3 centimeters long and are almost black when old.

The flowers are bright yellow. The red, egg-shaped to spherical, thornless fruits are edible.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia azurea is common in the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí , Zacatecas , Durango and Aguascalientes .

The first description was in 1909 by Joseph Nelson Rose . A nomenclature synonym is Opuntia violacea var. Azurea (Rose) Lodé (1996, nom. Inval. ICBN -Article 33.3, 43.1).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 450 .

Individual evidence

^ Opuntia azurea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 6. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Part 7, 1909, p. 291, (online) .

Web links

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[IPCN-1] Opuntia azurea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[2] Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 6. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Part 7, 1909, p. 291, (online) .