PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia munzii (Munz's cholla)

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Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.
Munz's cholla

Symbol:

CYMU12

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

Opuntia munzii

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Berkeley, Regional Parks Botanic Garden at Tilden. June 5, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

	CYMU8	Cylindropuntia ×munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb., database artifact
	OPMU	Opuntia munzii C.B. Wolf		Munz's cholla

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.


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Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia

Classification:
Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Cylindropuntia (Engelm.) Kreuzinger
Species	Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb. – Munz's cholla

More Accounts and Images:
Cylindropuntia munzii (C.B. Wolf) Backeb.

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View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 11:34 PM CDT