Opuntia cochabambensis
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Opuntia cochabambensis is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet cochabambensis indicates the site in the department of Cochabamba in Bolivia.
description
Opuntia cochabambensis grows tree-shaped and reaches heights of up to 1.2 meters. A distinct trunk is formed. The flat, elongated shoot sections are up to 30 inches long and 4 to 5 inches wide. The areoles are white, the glochids yellow. The three to five needle-like thorns lying on the shoot surface or spread out are whitish and reach a length of 2 to 3 centimeters.
The wheel-shaped lemon-yellow flowers are up to 5 centimeters long. The purple-colored fruits reach a diameter of up to 3 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia cochabambensis is widespread in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba at altitudes of 2500 to 2900 meters.
It was first described in 1953 by Martín Cárdenas .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 453 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 50.
- ^ Revista de Agricultura . Volume 12, Number 9, Cochabamba 1953, 20-22.