Opuntia hitchcockii

Opuntia hitchcockii
Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Opuntioideae Tribe : Opuntieae Genre : Opuntia ( Opuntia ) Type : Opuntia hitchcockii
Scientific name
Opuntia hitchcockii
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Opuntia hitchcockii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the American botanist Albert Spear Hitchcock .

description

Opuntia hitchcockii grows low and shrubby and reaches heights of up to 50 centimeters. The green shoot sections are circular. The multiple, white thorns are up to 3 inches long.

Nothing is known about the flowers and fruits .

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia hitchcockii is found in the Mexican state of Sinaloa near the city of Mazatlán .

It was first described in 1930 by Jesús González Ortega .

Opuntia hitchcockii is not well known.

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 461 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 110.
2. ↑ Flora Indigena de Sinaloa . 1930, pp. [34-35].