Opuntia howeyi
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Opuntia howeyi is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Opuntia howeyi is hardy in Central Europe. The epithet of the species honors a Mr. Howey about whom nothing more is known.
description
Opuntia howeyi grows outstretched like a bush. The green to copper-green, shiny limbs are oval and up to 10 centimeters wide. Her with glochids occupied areoles are round and brown. The whitish, stiff thorns have a dark tip and are up to 2.5 centimeters long.
The flowers are pale yellow, the fruits red.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia howeyi is likely to be found in Mexico . Very little is known about the species. According to Curt Backeberg , it is close to Opuntia phaeacantha .
The first description was made in 1925 by Joseph Anton Purpus .
proof
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcements of the German Dendrological Society . Berlin 1925, p. 61
literature
- Opuntia howeyi Purpus In: Curt Backeberg : The Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd edition, 1982, Volume I, p. 509. ISBN 3-437-30380-5
- Opuntia howeyi JA Purpus In: Edward F. Anderson: The Cactus Family . Timber Press: Portland (Oregon), 2001, p. 501. ISBN 0-88192-498-9
- Opuntia howeyi Purp. In: Walther Haage : cacti from A to Z . 3rd edition, Quelle & Meyer Verlag: Heidelberg, 1986, p. 535. ISBN 3-494-01142-7
