Opuntia pailana

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

Opuntia pailana is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet pailana indicates the site in the Sierra de la Paila in the state of Coahuila / Mexico.

description

Opuntia pailana grows shrubby with several upright branches and reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The almost circular to obovate, initially blue-green shoot sections later turn yellowish green. They are 10 to 14 inches long and up to 9 inches wide. The dark areoles are up to 2 centimeters apart and have yellowish gray glochids that are mixed with long white hair . The first usually three, later six to eight thorns are initially whitish and sometimes banded across. Later they get dark. The thorns are 2 to 3 inches long.

Nothing is known about the flowers and fruits .

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia pailana is common in the Mexican state of Coahuila in the Sierra de la Paila .

The first description by Wilhelm Weingart was published in 1929.

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 469 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 176.
2. ↑ Monthly of the German Cactus Society . Volume 1, Number 9, 1929, pp. 167-169.

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