Opuntia ritteri

Opuntia ritteri
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Opuntioideae
Tribe :	Opuntieae
Genre :	Opuntia ( Opuntia )
Type :	Opuntia ritteri
Scientific name
	Opuntia ritteri
	A. Berger

Opuntia ritteri is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet ritteri honors the German cactus specialist Friedrich Ritter .

description

Opuntia ritteri grows like a tree. The light green, downy shoot sections are circular. The round areoles are close together. There are several upwardly directed yellowish thorns 1 to 1.5 centimeters in length.

The large flowers are light red. Nothing is known about the fruit .

Distribution and systematics

Opuntia ritteri is common in the Mexican state of Zacatecas .

The first description by Alwin Berger was published in 1929.

Almost nothing is known about Opuntia ritteri .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 474 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 204.
↑ cacti . 1929, pp. 68, 344.

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 204.

[2] cacti . 1929, pp. 68, 344.