Opuntia pumila
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Opuntia pumila is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). Opuntia pumila has the smallest flowers within the genus Opuntia. The specific epithet pumila means 'dwarf'. Spanish common names are "Cardo", "Nopal Cardoso" and "Vixivixio".
description
Opuntia pumila has a shrubby growth with very low, almost elongated shoots . The cylindrical, somewhat flattened, 6 to 20 centimeters long and 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide shoot sections are clearly bumpy. From the small areoles arise usually two thorns (sometimes more in old age) that are up to 3 centimeters long.
The yellow, later reddish flowers are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The spherical reddish fruits are up to 1.5 centimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia pumila is common in central Mexico . The first description was published in 1908 by Joseph Nelson Rose .
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literature
- Opuntia pumila . In: Edward F. Anderson : The Cactus Family . Timber Press: Portland (Oregon), 2001, p. 514. ISBN 0-88192-498-9 .
- Opuntia pumila Rose In: NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . Washington, 1919, Volume I, p. 100.
- Opuntia pumila Rose In: Curt Backeberg : Die Cactaceae: Handbuch der Kakteenkunde . 2nd edition, 1982, Vol. I, p. 456. ISBN 3-437-30380-5
Individual evidence
- ^ Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections . Volume 50, Washington (DC) 1908, p. 521.