PLANTS Profile for Cylindropuntia tunicata (thistle cholla)

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PLANTS Profile

Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth
thistle cholla

Symbol:

CYTU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Opuntia tunicata

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Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth

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Synonyms:
Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth

	OPTU2	Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Link & Otto		thistle cholla
	OPTUT	Opuntia tunicata (Lehm.) Link & Otto var. tunicata		thistle cholla

Distribution:
Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth


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Related Taxa:
Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 29 species in Cylindropuntia

Classification:
Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth

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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 tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth – thistle cholla

More Accounts and Images:
Cylindropuntia tunicata (Lehm.) F.M. Knuth

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:47 PM CDT