Opuntia chavena

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

Opuntia chavena is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet chavena is the native name (Chaveño) for the plant in Mexico. Spanish common names are "Chaveño" and "Cascarón".

description

Opuntia chavena grows tree-shaped, has open branches and reaches heights of 2 to 3 meters. A clearly thorned trunk is formed. The yellowish green, broadly obovate shoot sections are 22 to 30 centimeters long. The round to elongated, black areoles on it are 2 to 3 centimeters apart. They get bigger with age. The lemon-yellow glochids of different lengths are up to 1 centimeter long. The five to 15 thorns , sometimes more, are initially white and have a translucent tip. In old age they gray or become blackish. The hard and stiff, protruding thorns are 1 to 3 centimeters long.

The flowers are yellow, the fruits red.

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia chavena is common in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes and Jalisco .

The first description was in 1908 by David Griffiths .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 452 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 45.
^ David Griffiths: Illustrated Studies in the Genus Opuntia - I. In: Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 19, 1908, pp. 264-265, plate 23 (online) .

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 45.

[2] David Griffiths: Illustrated Studies in the Genus Opuntia - I. In: Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 19, 1908, pp. 264-265, plate 23 (online) .