Opuntia pyriformis
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Opuntia pyriformis is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet pyriformis means '(Latin pyrum, pirum pear) pear-shaped'.
description
Opuntia pyriformis grows tree-shaped with upward and sideways elongated branches and reaches heights of 3 to 5 meters. The grayish, pear-shaped shoot sections are up to 18 centimeters and more long. The small areoles are close together. The one or two yellowish thorns , there are occasionally more on old areoles, are slender, weak and 1 to 2.2 centimeters long.
The flowers are yellow. The slightly humped, not thorny fruits are up to 4 centimeters long.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia pyriformis is common in the Mexican states of Durango and Zacatecas .
The first description by Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1909.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 473 .