Opuntia inaperta
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Opuntia inaperta is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet inaperta means '(Latin inapertus) unopened'. Spanish common names are "Zacam" and "Zacamsotz".
description
Opuntia inaperta grows like a tree with loosely arranged branches and reaches heights of 4 to 7 meters. A conspicuous thorny trunk is formed. The green, clearly humped, obovate to elongated shoot sections are 6 to 17 centimeters long. There are three to six thorns on younger areoles . They become more numerous with age. The thorns are brownish yellow and up to 2 inches long.
The yellowish to reddish flowers reach a length of up to 4 centimeters. The red fruits are up to 1.5 centimeters long.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Opuntia inaperta is common in the Mexican states of Campeche , Quintana Roo , Yucatán and possibly Chiapas at altitudes around 100 meters.
It was first described as Nopalea inaperta in 1913 by David Griffiths . David Richard Hunt placed the species in 1997 in the genus Opuntia .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered. The development of the population is seen as decreasing.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 462 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monthly for cactus science . Volume 23, 1913, p. 139.
- ↑ Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives . Volume 4, 1997, p. 5.
- ↑ Nopalea inaperta in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Durán, R. & Tapia, JL, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
