Opuntia tapona
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Opuntia tapona is a species of plant in the genus Opuntia ( Opuntia ) from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Opuntia tapona grows shrubby with several ascending or spreading branches and reaches heights of 0.5 to 1 meter. A short, thick and thorny trunk is often formed. The light green, somewhat glaucous , fine but densely downy, circular to broadly obovate shoot sections are 15 to 30 centimeters long and 6 to 18 centimeters wide. The reddish brown areoles are far apart and have reddish glochids up to 4 millimeters long . The one to four thin, bent back thorns are light gray to reddish and 1 to 5 centimeters long.
The bright orange-yellow flowers reach a diameter of 4 to 6 centimeters. The red, fleshy fruits are 3.5 to 5 inches long and 2 to 4 inches in diameter.
Distribution and systematics
Opuntia tapona is common in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur .
The first description by John Merle Coulter was published in 1896.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 479 .