Opuntia pittieri
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Opuntia pittieri is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Opuntia pittieri initially grows shrubby, later it becomes tree-shaped and reaches heights of up to 5 meters. A conspicuous thorny trunk is formed. The green, narrow, elongated shoot sections are 25 to 50 centimeters long and have subtle leaf rudiments with a slightly purple tip. The large areoles are arranged on elevations and are 2 to 3 centimeters apart. The sparse glochids develop late. The three to six needle-like, slightly spreading, white thorns are up to 2.5 centimeters long.
The deep orange flowers turn reddish. Nothing is known about the fruit .
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Opuntia pittieri distributed in Colombia in the west of the Cordilleras .
The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1919.
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is called " Data Deficient (DD) ", i. H. with insufficient data. The future development of the populations is unknown.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 471 .
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 188-189 ( online ).
- ↑ Opuntia pittieri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014.3. Listed by: Griffith, P. & Majure, L., 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2015.