Opuntia pennellii

Opuntia pennellii
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia pennellii
Scientific name
	Opuntia pennellii
	Britton & Rose

Opuntia pennellii is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the American botanist Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952).

description

Opuntia pennellii grows in low shrubs. The bright green obovate, thick shoot sections are up to 15 centimeters long. The glochids, which are not conspicuous, are yellowish. The one or two awl, almost protruding, white thorns have a darker tip and are up to 3.5 centimeters long.

Nothing is known about the flowers and fruits .

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia pennellii common in Colombia .

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1919.

Opuntia pennellii is not well known.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 470 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 181.
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape I . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1919, p. 115, 219 ( online ).

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 181.

[2] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape I . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1919, p. 115, 219 ( online ).