Opuntia parviclada
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Opuntia parviclada is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet parviclada comes from Latin and means '(a couple through a defeat) and stands for the vegetative reproduction of the species'.
description
Opuntia parviclada grows shrubby with ascending or weakly spreading branches, is usually branched from the base and reaches heights of 20 to 50 centimeters. The dark green, slightly obovate to elongated, slightly to very downy shoot sections are tinged with purple around the areoles . Cusps are only pronounced on young shoot sections. Terminal shoot sections are 5 to 10 inches long and 2 to 3 inches wide. All of the rest are 9 to 17 inches long and 3.5 to 4 inches wide. The circular to elliptical areoles measure 1 to 1.5 millimeters in diameter and are 0.6 to 1.3 centimeters apart. They have dark yellow glochids 1 to 1.5 millimeters long . The one to three thorns can occasionally be missing on older shoot sections. They are needle-like, protruding, white or light yellow and 0.6 to 3.8 inches long.
The yellow, sometimes reddish tinged flowers reach a length of 2.5 to 3.4 centimeters. The obovate to slightly obovate, red, fluffy fruits are 1.8 to 2.5 centimeters long and 1.2 to 1.7 centimeters in diameter. They are noticeably humped.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Opuntia parviclada is common in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla in the valley of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán.
The first description by Salvador Arias Montes and Susana Gama López was published in 1997.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. as not endangered. The development of the populations is considered stable.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 469 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán . Fascículo 14: Cactaceae, 1997, pp. 125-127 (PDF; 8.9 MB) .
- ^ Opuntia parviclada in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Posted by: Arias, S. & Zavala-Hurtado, A., 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2015.