Opuntia ellisiana

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

Opuntia ellisiana is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the botanist J. Coswell Ellis .

description

Opuntia ellisiana has a shrubby growth with loosely branched, ascending, spreading branches. The glaucous blue-green, obovate to ovoid shoot sections are 20 to 24 centimeters long. The long awl leaf rudiments are bent back. The slightly raised, small white areoles turn dark with age. The inconspicuous glochids are yellow. There are no thorns .

The deep yellow flowers turn orange or reddish. They have a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. The pear-shaped fruits are reddish purple in color.

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia ellisiana is found in the United States in the southern state of Texas .

It was first described in 1910 by David Griffiths . A nomenclature synonym is Opuntia lindheimeri var. Ellisiana (Griffiths) K. Hammer (1976).

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 457-458 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 75.
^ David Griffiths: Illustrated Studies in the Genus Opuntia - III. In: Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 21, 1910, pp. 170-171, 174 plate 25 (online) .

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 75.

[2] David Griffiths: Illustrated Studies in the Genus Opuntia - III. In: Annual report Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 21, 1910, pp. 170-171, 174 plate 25 (online) .